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RESOURCE CENTER - MEDIA MONITOR |
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Monday December 25, 2006
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A daily review of media coverage of media and communications issues. |
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Significant changes to blasphemy law welcome |
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Human rights activists have asked the government to repeal discriminatory laws such as the blasphemy law or bring significant changes to them. They said that the civil society organisations would welcome the decision of making amendments in blasphemy law provided these amendments are of the significant nature and address the real issues. Talking to Daily Times, lawyer and activist Hina Jilani said Minister of State Tariq Azim’s statement that minorities would hear the “good news” of amendments to the blasphemy law this Christmas was a positive step, in case the changes made address the real issues.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\12\25\story_25-12-2006_pg7_33 |
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Khyber Agency journalists elections meeting held |
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The tribal union of journalists (TUJ) Khyber Agency meeting was held here on Sunday at Jamrud in which some thirty five journalists hailing from Khyber Agency participated. The meeting was a daylong in which the constitution for the Tribal Union of Journalists was finalized after a thorough discussion. In the meeting the election for the next year 2007 was held under a three member election committee.
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http://www.thefrontierpost.com/News.aspx?ncat=cn&nid=127 |
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Publishers to protest on Eid day |
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Publishers and booksellers have decided that they will protest against the government on Eid day. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Pakistan Publishers and Booksellers Association, officials announced here on Sunday. They said traders would hold a demonstration outside the Punjab Assembly before Eid, and if the government did not accept their demand, they along with their families would stage a rally outside the Badshahi Mosque after Eid prayers.
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http://www.dawn.com/2006/12/25/nat34.htm |
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Quaid’s photo exhibition starts at Nishtar Hall |
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A photo exhibition on life of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah on the eve of the birth anniversary of Father of the Nation started here at Nishtar Hall on Sunday. Member Provincial Assembly, Dr Zakir Shah inaugurated the exhibition organized by NWFP Culture Department under the aegis of Abasin Arts Council, Peshawar.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/NatNews.aspx?dtlid=74824&catid=2 |
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FM LISTENING |
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A glance at FM programmes
Everyday, we hear a variety of programmes on FM channels produced in various ways. However, among all types, the most common are those that are live, sponsored or branded shows. Live shows are those where the RJ hosts the programme directly from the studios of FM station while listeners hear it at the very moment. By that is meant that live shows are not pre-recorded.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/IsbNews.aspx?dtlid=74793&catid=17 |
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ARTICLE |
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Land of billboards
By Ahmad Rafay Alam
There is hardly any public space left in the city of Lahore from where one's line of sight isn't interrupted by a billboard, shop sign, banner, flyer, hoarding or poster. It used to be that the only such invasions of privacy were the advertisements affixed to streetlights. But now, everywhere one looks, it seems that someone is selling something.
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/arc_news.asp?id=9 |
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Sania Mirza — no news today |
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By Mubasher Lucman
Despite Herculean efforts to somehow include her in today’s reportage, journalists, magazine editors, and TV news producers across the nation have been forced to concede that there is no Sania Mirza news today throughout India. “It grieves me to report that Sania, our wonder girl and the gifted Indian super diva who has given a new meaning to the sport tennis, has not done anything newsworthy today,” says Hari, a sub-editor at the Delhi office of Times of India.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/OpinionNews.aspx?dtlid=74768&catid=11 |
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LETTERS TO EDITOR |
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How free is US media?
Many ignorant people have the na‹ve notion that the US media is free and fair. They consider it to be a model for journalists everywhere. The reality is quite different. There are just five conglomerates that control 80-85% of the print and electronic media in the entire US. When powerful interests threaten to harm their business interests, they crumble without a second thought.
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http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/dec-2006/25/letters1.php |
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