Saturday July 22, 2006
48 journalists attacked in six months: report
Media in Pakistan faced at least 48 recorded incidents of attacks and harassment during the first six months (January 1 to June 30) of the current year in which two journalists were murdered and 28 attacked or tortured, says a report issued by an international media NGO here on Friday.
http://www.dawn.com/2006/07/22/top18.htm
48 journalists attacked this year
Two journalists were murdered and 28 were injured in at least 48 reported attacks on Pakistani journalists in the first half (January 1-June 30) of the current year, a non-government organisation (NGO) said on Friday. According to statistics compiled by Internews, an international NGO working for the promotion of free media in the world, a total of 66 journalists were targeted in the 48 incidents, in which 25 people were kidnapped or detained and 11 were harassed or threatened.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\07\22\story_22-7-2006_pg7_7
Journalists observe hunger strike
July 21 2006: Several journalists from Badin and Hyderabad observed a hunger strike on Tuesday outside Hyderabad Press Club in protest against the disappearance of a journalist, Mehruddin Marfi. Marri, a correspondent for the Sindhi Daily Kawish, went missing after he went to a police station in Thatta on June 27.
http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/userMediaFilesDetails.asp?uid=7406
Journalist Attack
Four armed men injured a local newsmen, Naveed Khuhro, in Taluka Gambat. The armed men tried to snatch his motorbike and other valuable.-
http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/usermediafilesdetails.asp?uid=7401
CPNE team meets Aurakzai
NWFP Governor Lieutenant General Ali Muhammad Jan Aurakzai (Retd) has said that restoration and maintenance of peace in Fata was vital for the socio-economic uplift of tribal area. Talking to a delegation of the Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) here at Governor House on Thursday he said the government was taking concrete initiatives to ensure peace and establish writ of the government.
http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/userMediaFilesDetails.asp?uid=7408
Cable operators to go on strike from 25 th
Cable subscribers will look at blank screens from 7 to 10 every night from 25th of this month, warned cable operators protesting excise duty of Rs 25 per subscriber levied in budget 2006-07. Office bearers of Cable Operators Association of Pakistan, who had gathered from all over the country, announced this in a press conference held on Friday at Lahore Press Club.
http://nation.com.pk/daily/july-2006/22/index10.php
Pak media asks India to take larger view
Adding their voice to the debate over the growing uncertainty about India-Pakistan relations, media and analysts here have alleged that the Indian leadership, particularly Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, is "coming under political pressures" of the opposition parties.
http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=49573
MORE NEWS:
“President appointed new 5 members of PEMRA”, Daily Jang, Page-3
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 .
DISCLAIMER: The contents, including news and headlines, in this newsletter are reproduced from their respective publications ad verbatim as a public service to media observers. Internews does not author the contents and these, therefore, do not necessarily reflect organizational policy.
Updated at 11:00 PST (06:00 GMT)
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