Thursday June 22, 2006
Notice by Supreme Court
http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/pakistan/story/2006/06/060621_
hayyat_suo_moto_fz.shtml
Journalist ‘missing' since March
A journalist working with a private television news channel has gone missing since March while filming a military base used by US forces, his company said on Wednesday.
The whereabouts of Mukesh Rupeta remained unknown since March when he was arrested by police for filming the Shahbaz airbase in Jacobabad, a Geo television spokesman said in a statement.“The only available report with regard to Rupeta was that he has been detained by the authorities,” he said.
After repeated queries, officials accused Rupeta of filming the Jacobabad airbase for which he was detained and interrogated, he added.
http://dawn.com/2006/06/22/top5.htm
Journalist Paryal Deyo shot by gunmen, seriously injured
IFJ appalled by recent spate of violence against Pakistani media workers, and murder of abducted journalist
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned growing violence against media workers in Pakistan after a series of incidents across the country, including the murder of abducted senior journalist Hayatullah Khan.
In the southern province of Sindh alone there have been six separate acts of violence against journalists in the last month, according to IFJ affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ)
"This recent spate of ruthless and senseless attacks against media workers is appalling, and demonstrates a decline in press freedom in Pakistan ," said IFJ president, Christopher Warren.
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/75195/?PHPSESSID=
fdf00271f7b42d55021d8b4b45ad15c1
Two television journalists missing since March 2006
Mukesh Rupeta, a correspondent for Pakistan 's leading television channel Geo News, and cameraman Sunjey Kumar, have been missing since 6 March 2006 from the city of Jacobabad in Sindh province.
According to a spokesperson for Geo News, the only information they have from the authorities is that Rupeta has been detained and is being interrogated for filming at the Jacobabad Air Force Base. Officials said Rupeta would be handed over to the police on conclusion of the investigation. So far no charge has been filed against Rupeta or Kumar.
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/75199/?PHPSESSID=
dd1b3787f8eb38aef676e0cf11f0f715
MMA submits adjournment motion: Journalist's murder
The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has submitted to the National Assembly Secretariat an adjournment motion seeking to discuss the situation arising out of the gruesome murder of a tribal journalist Hayatullah Khan in Mir Ali on June 16.
Signed by Liaquat Baloch, Hafiz Hussain Ahmed, Asadullah Bhutto, Abdul Akbar Chitrali, Farid Paracha, Dr Attaur Rahman, Muhammad Hussain Mehnati, Maulana Asadullah, Aisha Munawar, Shahida Akhtar Ali, Samia Raheel Qazi, Laeeq Khan and Maulana Ahmed Ghafoor, the motion said the journalist community felt insecure as a result of the murder of their colleague.
http://dawn.com/2006/06/22/nat16.htm
Discriminatory cable TV tax: Lower classes will be hurt, operators crippled
ISLAMABAD : A new Federal Excise Duty charge of Rs. 25 per cable television subscriber levied on cable TV operators in the Finance Budget 2006-07 is likely to be disastrous for this largely cottage industry, says a spokesman of the Cable TV Operators Association of Pakistan which has desperately appealed for a repeal of the tax. “It will not only cripple our operations but also force a large number of businesses to close down. It seems CBR has taken this decision in bureaucratic ignorance and for minimal gains by ignoring the huge cost to society as a whole.”
http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\06\22\story_22-6-2006_pg7_9
Opinion:
Breathing space : Access to information
By Farrukh Khan Pitafi
These days the government never ceases to take credit for liberalising the media in the country. Directly connected to the issue of the freedom of the press is the critical problem of access to information. While the government promises to take immediate steps to bolster the access to crucial information, what is often overlooked is the fact that in third world half-baked democracies, the actual bottleneck is not censorship as much as the twin spectres of mismanagement and corruption. Only those closets are not opened that have some skeletons to hide or, worse still, the keys to which are lost owing to the sheer negligence of its owner or operator.
http://thepost.com.pk/OpinionNews.aspx?dtlid=45595&catid=11
MORE:
“Supreme court takes suo moto notice of Hayatullah's death” Nawa-i-Waqt page 1
“PTV telethon telecast on June 25” Nawa-i-Waqt page 2
“Viewers react strongly on airing Indian movie advertisement on PTV” Nawa-i-Waqt page 2
“Prize distribution at ATV's first anniversary tomorrow” Nawa-i-waqt page 2
NEWS SOURCES:
The News: http://jang.com.pk/thenews/
The Nation: http://www.nation.com.pk/
Daily Times: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/
The Dawn: http://www.dawn.com
Spider: www.spider.tm
BBC South Asia : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/
Herald: http://dawn.com/herald/
Aurora : www.aurora@dawn.com
The Economist: www.economist.com
IFEX: www.ifex.org
Jang: http://www.jang.com.pk/jang/
Nawa-i-waqt: http://www.nawaiwaqt.com.pk
Khabrain: http://www.khabrain.com
Daily Development News: http://asp.isb.sdnpk.org/
The Post: http://www.thepost.com.pk/
Business Recorder: http://www.brecorder.com
Asia Media: www.asiamedia.ucla.edu
PEMRA: www.pemra.gov.pk
Compiled by, Sajid Gondal Media Monitor, Internews Pakistan .
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