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RESOURCE CENTER - MEDIA MONITOR |
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Saturday June 23, 2007
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A daily review of media coverage of media and communications issues. |
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Critique on Media
Letter to editor “pen power” |
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Asfandyar Khan comments, “My dear Pakistani writers, journalists, thinkers, scholars, editors and newspaper owners please review and re-evaluate what you are doing. In pursuit of your anti government agenda, you are in the longer run hurting Pakistan more than positively contributing to nation building. Everyday you put the newspaper down in frustration thinking that sooner or later Pakistan will collapse thus inadvertently cultivating despondency among the people. Is nothing good happening in Pakistan? Dear editors, I am sure you have inside stories of every political and diplomatic move and are fully aware of its motives. Counter it for the sake of Pakistan. This nation needs you to help build its pride and image and not plunge into a depression.”
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/arc_news.asp?id=11 |
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Media Protest
Journalists give 4 days ultimatum to Police to arrest killers of the journalist |
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In Jacobabad, Sindh Sahfi Sangit has strongly protested against the failure of police to apprehend culprits of the murder of a journalist Nisar Solangi, Sindhi daily the Khabroon reporter. Journalists urged government to arrest culprits; they gave four days ultimatum to police to arrest culprits. Journalists threatened to stage hunger strike if police failed to apprehend culprits.
(Khabrian-1)
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Media Miscellaneous
Missing journalist back to home |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/pakistan/story/2007/06/070621_missing_journalist_ns.shtml |
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Missing Journalist |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/pakistan/story/2007/06/070622_afghan_journalist.shtml |
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Durrani unlikely to be removed |
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Information Minister Muhammad Ali Durrani is unlikely to be removed from his present position following a series of high-level meetings, putting to rest speculations that he was being replaced by his junior minister. The minister is said to be ‘out of the danger zone’ following these meetings including the one he held with President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday. Sources claimed that the Presidency decided to continue with the present information minister instead of going for a change of face at a time when the government is already in deep crisis over the judicial row.
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/arc_default.asp |
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Was Durrani responsible for govt-media clash? |
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Tariq Butt report in the News, “How far and whether or not Muhammad Ali Durrani was responsible for the head on collision between the govt and the media the clash took place in last couple of month of his incumbency.”
(News-9)
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Stanford moot lauds Pak journalists |
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Pakistan made an impressive presence at the Fourth Innovation Journalism Conference at the Stanford University, US and has become the first developing country to introduce an innovation journalism programme. The conference focussed how innovation is changing the profession and business of journalism. The Pakistani delegation led by Amir Jahangir, Consultant with the CSF made a presentation on the roadmap for innovation journalism in Pakistan, which was greatly appreciated. Delegations from Slovenia and Jordan showed keen interest in learning from the Pakistani model. Pakistan joined the programme in 2006, through which the CSF is sponsoring participation of leading Pakistani journalists in the Innovation Journalism Fellowship Programme at Stanford University. The conference also helped build the capacity of the journalists on the nine pillars of the Global Competitiveness Index of the World Economic Forum.
(Nation-5)
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/Arc_IsbNews.aspx?dtlid=103752&catid=17&date=06/23/2007&fcatid=14 |
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Media urged to promote polls process in country |
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Media could play an important role during the display period of draft electoral rolls which would strengthen the process of forthcoming general elections, said the speakers at a seminar on 'Display of Draft Electoral Rolls and Role of Media' Thursday. The seminar was held under the auspices of Sangat Foundation, The Asia Foundation, Action Aid Pakistan and Fafen.
(Dawn-5)
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/Arc_NatNews.aspx?dtlid=103679&catid=2&date=06/23/2007&fcatid=14 |
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Medical camp at press club ends |
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The department of cardiology at Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar arranged a medical camp at the press club Peshawar. A team of doctors and paramedics carried out free ECG, sugar, cholesterol, blood pressure and other tests on numerous journalists.
(Daily Times-B2)
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Annual function of press club Malakand |
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Annual function of Malakand press club Batkhela will be held on June 24, 2007. Provincial Minister for Finance Shah Raz Khan will be chief guest on the occasion. Renowned journalist Saleem Safi will chair the function.
(Aaj-2)
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Television
Pemra gives licenses to five new TV channels |
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Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) would issue licenses to five new television channels — Masala TV, Dunya TV, Prime Pakistan, ATV and Dawn News -at a ceremony to be held on Saturday.
Meanwhile, the landing rights will also be given to Musik, Fashion TV, Discovery TV, Punjab TV, Star TV and Din News. Minister for Information and Broadcasting Muhammad Ali Durrani will award the licenses and landing rights at the Pemra office. The issuance of licenses is in line with President Pervez Musharraf’s vision of free and independent media, which has opened up the skies of Pakistan for diverse and reputed national and international channels breaking up the monopoly of PTV once for all. Besides these TV channels Pakistan is envisioned to make progress in the field of Direct to Home (DTH) service. The PTV has earmarked an amount of Rs3,500 million for development of DTH. The DTH will permeate the media to all parts of Pakistan and will provide quality multiple channels to the subscribers without an interface of the cable operators and by the end of this year there will be three DTH operators in Pakistan competing to provide quality service to the people of Pakistan. On the digital side, by the end of this year 30 licenses will be issued to the Multi Channel Multi Distribution (MMD), which will provide wireless services to the people and will make possible the reception of the channels where there is no cable operation. Another initiative of this government is Internet Protocol TV. At the end of the year there will be three companies providing services of Internet, TV channel and Communication facility through single node, opening up entire new vistas of digital technology to the people of Pakistan with the objective to improve the quality of life of the people and bring them at par with developed nations in the field of electronic media. The government is also giving landing right to the Pakistani and foreign channels.
(Nation-5)
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\06\23\story_23-6-2007_pg7_5 |
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2007 to be ‘television poll’ in Pakistan: Maleeha Lodhi |
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The Pakistan high commission to UK Dr.Maleeh Lodhi predicted before the international audience at a talk here in London that 2007 polls would be first ‘television election’ in Pakistan’s history as unlike the past, this time dozens of private networks would cover entire process from ‘start to finish’. Dr. Maleeh replying to a question concerning the impact of new media in Pakistan said forthcoming general elections of 2007 in Pakistan would completely ‘televised’ and wondered if anyone had idea about impact of television channels on the public opinion, voting behavior and most importantly the outcome of crucial polls.
(News-10)
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Radio
Fm listening | of listeners and friendly FMs by Sehrish Wasif |
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Various brands and variety of music has become the hallmark of FM channels. People generally recall FM channels through the type of music played on them. It won't be wrong to say that there are certain FM channels that are solely depending on one type of music and attracting listeners through it. Talking about community based FM channels, no doubt these radio channels are giving more and more space to music and entertainment and have allotted time for the masses to come and share their personal issues and get some good counselling.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/Arc_IsbNews.aspx?dtlid=103649&catid=17&date=06/23/2007&fcatid=14 |
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Film |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/pakistan/story/2007/06/070623_pak_kashmir_cinema_nj.shtml |
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Updated at 11:00 PST (06:00 GMT) |
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