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RESOURCE CENTER - MEDIA MONITOR |
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Monday March 26, 2007
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A daily review of media coverage of media and communications issues. |
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Jamia Hafsa plans FM radio |
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The administration of Jamia Hafsa is planning to launch a short-range FM radio station in the capital to air religious programmes. “The Jamia Hafsa administration is making arrangements to start a short-range radio station in the capital,” sources privy to the development told Daily Times. They said that initially the radio’s range would be seven to 10 square kilometres, but later it would be expanded up to 40 kilometres.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\03\26\story_26-3-2007_pg1_6 |
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Debate on reference, Contradiction in Government policy |
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Supreme Judicial Council has enforced a ban for private TV channels not to conduct any debate about judicial reference against Chief Justice. A Nawa-i-Waqt reader has raised the issue on telephone that state media is still running debate openly while private channels are being barred. There is huge contradiction in government policy. Double standards are being followed.
(Nawa-i-Waqt-1)
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Fire storm in Rawalpindi followed by an attack on journalists |
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Fire storm in Taunch Battha area of Rawalpindi resulted in an assault on journalists who rushed to scene for reporting of the incident. When reporters and photographers reached the scene, some people who claimed to be owners of burning stalls started differing with them. They gave life threats to journalists and tried to snatch cameras from photographers. In this fuss, clothes of some journalists were tattered. Some locals later interfered to end upheaval.
(Khabrain-1)
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Okay to Indian channels is retaliation against local channels |
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PML-N Secretary Information Ahsan Iqbal has termed the permission to Indian channels to start transmission as a retaliation act of government against local channels of Pakistan. Since in judicial crisis, local media refused to accept government dictation, the reason Indian channels have been given permission to air transmission in Pakistan. Government acts can’t bar media to perform its duties.
(Express-3)
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Assault on a free press by Dr M Ashraf Adeel |
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It must be added that those who ordered this assault on the freedom of press must have acted out of ignorance alone. Otherwise, they would have seen that, in the process of dehumanising members of society, the instruments of tyrannical power themselves get dehumanised by losing their moral conscience. Therefore, people at the helm of affairs need to grasp the fundamental truths of civilized life. Power and wealth are not the only things that matter in a person’s life.
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=48382 |
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Right to information in South Asia by Reshmi Mitra and Zahid Abdullah |
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In Pakistan, the Freedom of Information Ordinance was promulgated in 2002. It divided the civil society groups into two; those who rejected it out of hand saying it was too restrictive and those who thought that, its shortcomings notwithstanding, it did provide a foothold through which freedom of information movement in the country could be taken forward. The latter started demanding framing of the rules under the FOI Ordinance so that it could be implemented. Interestingly, even in the absence of rules, one civil society group started submitting information requests to different ministries and when some ministries denied access to public records, it took them to the ombudsman office.
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=48381 |
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Helping the film industry |
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Despite holding their second nationwide strike on Friday to protest against the government’s failure to stop piracy, cinema house owners rightly feel that their pleas fall on deaf ears. What else can explain the government’s inaction on so many of their demands? Many in the film industry, including cinema owners, have been warning how the film industry is on the verge of collapse and urge the government to take remedial steps that will give it the boost it needs. For the lack of government support, hundreds of cinema houses have closed down over the years.
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/03/26/ed.htm#3 |
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76-year-old cinema razed |
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The 76 years old building of Falak Sair Cinema in Peshawar Cantonment was razed to the ground despite the government had declared the structure a protected monument. The step largely disappointed the conservationists who had made coordinated efforts to preserve the cultural heritage of the city. Another cinema at Arbab Road is facing the same fate.
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=48497 |
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Police action against net cafes in Takhat Bhai |
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On complaints from religious circles, In Takhat Bhai police raided net cafés in town and arrested a number of persons including owners and visitors of net cafes. Police captured computers. Police took action on continuous complaints from religious and social circles.
(Nawa-i-Waqt-8)
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Fm listening | RJ attitude |
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Attitude really does matter, especially when we’re talking about people in the media section, who are assigned for the main purpose of becoming the voice of the general public and entertaining them. These are the people who always need to be very careful and responsible with every word they speak. This is because the slightest mistake from their side could not only harm their image but also the organisation they are representing.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/IsbNewsT.aspx?dtlid=89042&catid=17 |
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Letter to editor “Cable operators” |
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Rafi Adamjee says “FOR the last some months the cable operators are blocking advertisements on popular channels and inserting their own ads which are repetitive and repulsive. At present the cricket World Cup is under way and although the Super Sports channel that provides ad-free coverage is also infested by the unscrupulous operators who dish out ads, when the over ends and continue well into the first ball of the next over. The Pemra and other relevant departments should take note of this illegal activity. Also the income-tax department should probe the windfall revenues generated in consequence of this.
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/03/26/letted.htm#10 |
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Letter to editor “South Asian Writers” |
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Ruth Sadiq says “I would like to thank for enumerating the crass topics and themes in certain South Asian novels these days. I suggest Mr Haider to read Seth’s ‘An equal music’ and his book of verse.”
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\03\26\story_26-3-2007_pg3_7 |
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SMS service for traffic awareness |
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Taking advantage of new techniques, Islamabad Model Traffic Police has started a SMS service for creating public awareness about traffic rules. Islamabad SSP Sultan Azam Taimouri said that Islamabad Model Traffic Police has so far informed about 1,50,000 people through SMS about the traffic rules and regulations.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/IsbNewsT.aspx?dtlid=89077&catid=17 |
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Mobile portability service from today |
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Mobile Number Portability (MNP) service which enables users to change the operator while retaining the same mobile number and code will go alive on Monday (today). Pakistan is the first country in the region to implement this facility which would be available to mobile phone users from March 26. The system ensures freedom of operator choice as well as quality of service for the consumers and had been adopted in several countries for protection of vital consumer interests and forachievement of optimal competition. According to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), this system poses many technical and administrative challenges for the operators but provides a competitive landscape for consumers and operators. Consumers of all six mobile phone operators havewelcomed this facility.
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=6770 |
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Desi Natak at NCA ends |
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The four-day festival Desi Natak organised by National College of Arts, Rawalpindi Campus with an aim to revive theatre culture in Rawalpindi ended Sunday. The Desi Natak included The Jugni Night, exhibition of portraits of famous folklore like Alam Lohar, Ashiq Jatt, Bali Jati and Tofail Niazi and International Conference on Pakistani theatre.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/NatNewsT.aspx?dtlid=89055&catid=2 |
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Tribute paid to Ahmad Ali Khan |
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Rich tribute was paid to former chief editor of daily Dawn Ahmad Ali Khan at a condolence reference organised by the Hyderabad Press Club on Sunday for late veteran editor and local journalists Saleem Qureshi, Abdul Ghani Dars and Altaf Dawood. Speaking on the occasion, senior journalist Azizullah Malik said that the death of Mr Khan had created a vacuum in Pakistani journalism which would be difficult to fill.
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/03/26/local29.htm |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/pakistan/story/2007/03/070323_quetta_rockets.shtml |
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Updated at 11:00 PST (06:00 GMT) |
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