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A daily review of media coverage of media and communications issues. |
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APNS annual meeting tomorrow |
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The general council of All Pakistan Newspapers' Society (APNS) will meet here on March 29 at 10.30 am. An announcement to this effect was made in a press release here Tuesday. According to General Secretary APNS Kazi Asad Abid, the annual general meeting will discuss the conditions prevailing in the newspapers industry and take decisions to address the problems faced by the member publications.
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=48766 |
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Pemra likely to withdraw petition: PHPL TV license |
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The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) is likely to withdraw its petition filed in the Supreme Court against the consent orders of Sindh High Court (SHC) for the grant of licence to Pakistan Herald Publications (Pvt) Limited (PHPL) to establish a satellite television broadcast station.
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/03/28/top12.htm |
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Torture probe Journalists’ testimony recorded |
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Justice Syed Zahid Hussain of the Lahore High Court (LHC) Tuesday recorded testimonies by eight journalists and put off the suo motu proceedings initiated on the Supreme Court's direction against the police torture on lawyers and journalists until Wednesday (today).
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/CityNews.aspx?dtlid=89496&catid=3 |
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Extremism threatens Pushto folk music |
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Rising militancy and religious extremism have taken Pushto folk music to the brink of extinction in Waziristan’s tribal areas where festivities and social gatherings never used to be held without singing and dancing. Prominent folk singers have either left their birthplaces for other towns or given up performing on weddings and other festive occasions, fearing that this may invite reprisals from extremists.
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/03/28/nat5.htm |
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Jamia Hafsa students start drive against video centres |
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Girl students of Jamia Hafsa, and boys students of Lal mosque have launched a campaign against video centres in the federal capital. “Students of Jamia Hafsa and Lal Masjid have started making rounds of various markets of the city, including the Melody Market, as part of their drive against video shops. We tried to convince the shopkeepers to leave this business and all of them have promised to quit,” said a statement by the seminary.
(Express-8) (Khabrian-8) (Jang-8)
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Pakistan a model of free media in Asia: Durrani |
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Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Muhammad Ali Durrani Tuesday said that Pakistan had become a model of free media in the entire South Asian region due to bold initiatives taken by the government to make the media more dynamic and professionally vibrant.
(Khabrian-1) (Jang-8)
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/MainNews.aspx?bdtl_id=5223&fb_id=2&catid=14 |
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‘Pakistan model of free media in S Asia’ |
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Information Minister Muhammad Ali Durrani said on Tuesday Pakistan had become a model of free media in the South Asian region due to bold initiatives taken by the government to make media more dynamic and professionally vibrant. Chairing a high-level meeting, which was attended by provincial information ministers and advisers, the minister said the government had taken various steps to facilitate media outlets and in this connection, the prime focus was on taking all the stakeholders on board in the implementation process.
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=48751 |
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Editorial the Nation “The state of media” |
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The government decision to re-appoint Syed Anwar Mehmood as Federal Information Secretary apparently suggests that his predecessor had not handled the affairs of the Ministry in a manner considered suitable by the leadership and it was felt desirable to bring back a tried and tested person. But the powers that be must not overlook a fairly obvious change in the ground reality since Mr Mehmood last held the charge, that is the sharp fall in their popularity rating with the general public owing to the pursuit of policies that are neither transparent nor popular. An official information establishment can at best put a little bit of gloss over some wrongly conceived government’s programmes but cannot completely hide the ugly facts.
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http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/mar-2007/28/editorials2.php |
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Four-day electronic, print media workshop: Journalists discuss investigative reporting, elections |
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Representatives from the print and electronic media on Monday debated investigative reporting in Pakistan and problems being faced by journalists in the area. Journalists from all over the country attended the four-day workshop, organised by the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) and The Asia Foundation (TAF) at a local hotel, and later visited the Election Commission of Pakistan and discussed with the provincial election commissioner the commission’s role in the electoral process. Participants will visit Bannu from March 28 to 29 and will reach Peshawar on March 30, the concluding day.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\03\28\story_28-3-2007_pg7_51 |
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View: Cinema's bid for survival —Alefia T Hussain |
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Tomorrow, Thursday March 29, may be a make or break day for the film industry. Islamabad may get the message at last: lift the ban on local screening of Indian box office flicks or witness the slow and lingering death of our films and creative potentials.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\03\28\story_28-3-2007_pg3_5 |
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Nawa-i-Waqt report on film industry |
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Saif ullah Sipra reports cinema strikes. Cinema Houses are on strike, ask government to allow screening of Indian movies to attract folk back to big scene. Cinema owners have threatened to shut cinema after April 15 id demands are not respected. Government should pay attention to issue.
(Nawa-i-Waqt – Supplement page)
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Letter to editor “Pakistan film industry” |
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For the lack of government support, hundreds of cinema houses have closed down over the years. Those that exist are barely surviving, whereas newly opened multiplexes are only doing well because they are showing foreign films. Over the last few years there has been a huge demand from film producers, actors and cinema owners to allow the screening of Indian films. This, they argue, will actually benefit the local industry rather than harm it.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/LetNews.aspx?dtlid=89390&catid=4 |
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Cable TV provides disturbing power, communication systems |
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The cable network system in various parts of the Karachi city is causing power break down and disturbing telephone lines. A huge pile of cable network system has been laid across the city using KESC and PTCL poles for services. In summer failure multiplies problems.
(Nation-3)
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Press Council head meets Muhammad Ali Durrani |
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Chairman Press Council Ejaz Yousaf Chudhary met Federal Information Minister Muhammad Ali Durrani in Islamabad. Federal Information Minister congratulated Ejaz Yousaf for his new responsibilities. Durrani said Press Council is important body reconstituted with consultation of APNS and CPNE.
(Jang-8)
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Anwer visits The News Jang offices |
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Newly re-appointed Information Secretary Syed Anwer Mehmood visited The News and The Jang offices of Islamabad bureau in Islamabad. He met journalists to show good gesture for top group of publications of the country. He told he would visit other newspaper offices soon.
(Jang-8)
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Nawa-i-Waqt editorial “Reappointment of Anwer Mehmood” |
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“It is responsibility of new secretary information to encourage media for constructive role than to use oppressive tactics. Now freedom can’t be curbed. So fouls should be avoided.”
(Nawa-i-Waqt- Editorial)
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Puppet theatre in a state of neglect |
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The puppet theatre at Alhamra Art Center, set up in 1984 to entertain children, is in appalling condition due to lack of interest on the part of Alhamra administration. The seating arrangement is worn out while the sound system often remains out of order. Samina said Alhamra authorities were showing no interest in the theatre. “They are not recording new stories, nor crafting new puppets.”
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/03/28/nat7.htm |
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Art gallery wins back name but not support |
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National art gallery’s name is back on the portal of the building but at third place after Pakistan National Council of the Arts and Pakistan Centre for Creative Arts. Sleema Hashmi commented, “its absolutely nuts , earlier when the name NAG was dropped, it hurt many visual artists but recent act just adds insult to injury.”
(Dawn-17)
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Letter to editor “Art gallery row” |
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I was extremely disappointed to read your March 25 editorial advocating a diluted role for the National Art Gallery. The mediation language of 'sharing formula' and stakeholder satisfaction is oddly applied to a project rigorously designed to do justice to Pakistan's distinguished achievement in the visual arts over the last sixty years.
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=48678 |
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Editorial Dawn “Poor upkeep of libraries” |
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While freedom of expression and the right to knowledge demand that the people be given access to several avenues of information, there is also a need to provide reading material so that the mind can assimilate, understand and analyse through the written word. Scholarship, and consequently excellence, in any field cannot be achieved without strong reading habits, and the government must help in cultivating these by looking after public libraries, providing them with sufficient funds and encouraging their use.
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/03/28/ed.htm#3 |
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Letter to editor “Tribute to Ahmad Ali Khan” |
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The passing away of Khan Saab was sad for us. The hallmark of his style was honesty, mellowed with wisdom but never compromised with stratagem — a fine distinction, well understood by him. It won Dawn a reputation which is the envy of South Asian newspapers.
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/03/28/letted.htm#4 |
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