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RESOURCE CENTER - MEDIA MONITOR |
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Wednesday October 24, 2007
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A daily review of media coverage of media and communications issues. |
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Media Protest
Journalists that were in the line of fire |
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October 18 left in its wake untold stories in the lives of family members whose loved ones either left for eternal bode or were left on crutches. Among these affected are the mediafolk on the beds of the Aga Khan Hospital. Although their management did a lot for their treatment, anxiety still prevails as a cameramen and a reporter, though currently stable, face injuries of critical nature. Syed Abid Ali, cameraman of a local English TV Channel, had been assigned coverage of the PPP’s rally on the Baloch Colony bridge but his journalistic flair forced him to move a head and he left his original position to the site where this incident later took place. While narrating his account, he said that he was standing on the media truck arranged by the PPP when, all of a sudden, a loud bang was heard. Ultimately, the entire cameraman, including himself, rushed to the site and he took the footage. He ran towards his organisation’s vehicle which was parked on the side and was viewing the video recording when another explosion occurred. In this second incident, he said, nearly all the cameraman were caught and he too was hit. He recalled that the screams of people could be heard everywhere along with human flesh littering the place. Everybody was screaming for help and only one Chippa ambulance was there to carry the bodies and injured to the hospitals. Describing his situation, he said that he too was wandering around for help but nobody was there to heed his cries. People declined to help him, ostensibly because he was carrying a camera. |
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=76906 |
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Media in Court
Court orders IG, SSP to furnish list of cases against lawyers, journalists, others |
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the suspended IGP, the deputy commissioner, and the SSP Islamabad to sit together and decide as to who was responsible for shelling the Supreme Court building. A three-member bench of the Supreme Court, comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Rana Bhagwandas and Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan, was hearing the suo moto case against the use of force by the law-enforcement agencies to quell protests by lawyers, journalists and other civil society representatives on September 29 outside the SC building as well as in front of the Election Commission of Pakistan.Khalid Anwar submitted his suggestions and guidelines dealing with five issues, including the issue of exercise of power of the Supreme Court to lay down guidelines in the absence of, or till such time that the gap was filled by the legislature or relevant authority. He also offered suggestions as to how the police should deal with journalists and spoke about the practice adopted by police in foreign countries. Similarly, he also made suggestions as to how the police should deal with protestors, demonstrators and political activists. He also discussed the framework of accountability of police and suggested guidelines for state-controlled television PTV to ensure that there was a fair, impartial and unbiased coverage of events by it to avoid misleading and misguiding the masses of the country. Meanwhile, the court adjourned the hearing till October 31. On Tuesday, the suspended IGP, Moravat Shah, Deputy Commissioner Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, SSP Dr Naeem Khan, Justice (Retd) Tariq Mahmood, Muhammad Ikarm Chaudhry and others representing the lawyers, media and members of civil society appeared before the court.
(Khabrian-8) |
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=10783 |
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Media Miscellaneous
RIJA will organize sports gala in November |
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A meeting of Rawalpindi Islamabad Photo Journalists Association (RIJA) held, President (RIJA) Sajjad Hadar chaired the meeting. Other office bearers also attended the meeting. President through the discretionary authority appointed new members for governing body. Meeting also decided to organize sports gala next month.
(Nawa-i-Waqt-3)
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Updated at 11:00 PST (06:00 GMT) |
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