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RESOURCE CENTER - MEDIA MONITOR |
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Sunday December 24, 2006
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A daily review of media coverage of media and communications issues. |
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Govt may review blasphemy, other laws: minister |
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State Minster for Information Tariq Azeem has hinted that Pakistan’s minorities will receive “good news” this Christmas in the form of a “review” and possible amendments to laws that they consider discriminatory, such as the blasphemy law. Senator Azeem told Online on Saturday that Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz may make an announcement about possible amendments to the blasphemy and other laws concerning minorities on December 25. He did not give further details. The minister rejected reports about the target killing of journalists in Pakistan in 2006, saying all the murders carried a personal motive.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\12\24\story_24-12-2006_pg1_1 |
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UNSC condemns attacks on journalists in conflicts |
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The UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution on Saturday condemning all attacks targeting journalists in armed conflicts and urging combatants to stop singling out members of the media and respect their professional independence. Greece's UN ambassador Adamantios Vassilakis said there solution, sponsored by Greece and France, is "intended to raise international awareness to the dangers that the journalists, media professionals and associate personnel face when reporting in situations of armed conflict".
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/arc_default.asp |
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Re-broadcast station opens in Kohistan |
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Federal Minister for Political Affairs Amir Muqam on Saturday inaugurated PTV’s Re-broadcasting Station in Dasu and Pattan areas of the Kohistan district. The station has been completed at a cost of Rs40 million. Over 40,000 people will benefit from it as they would watch the PTV's programmes more clearly.
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http://www.dawn.com/2006/12/24/local5.htm |
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Radio as nation-building medium |
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A seminar on the role of radio as `Nation Building Medium in Pakistan’ was organized at the PBC Broadcasting House here on Saturday. Renowned writer and poet Jameeluddin Aali was the chief guest. The speakers included a former federal minister of information and broadcasting, Javed Jabbar, Maj-Gen (retd) Ghulam Umer, the former acting director of programmes, Sabeh Mohsin and an expert on special education, Qudsia Khan.
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http://www.dawn.com/2006/12/24/local18.htm |
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EDITORIAL |
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Press freedom
FEDERAL Information Minister Muhammad Ali Durrani has simply repeated the official claim by saying that the present government has given unprecedented freedom to the media and wants to further promote it. Addressing a function at the Information Service Academy on Friday, he expressed his satisfaction over the media’s overall role but noted an element of irresponsibility in private television channels’ breaking-news phenomenon. Senator Durrani, however, raised some issues which require notice. The media needs no lectures on the ethics of journalism.
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http://nation.com.pk/daily/dec-2006/24/editorials2.php |
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