Tuesday August 29, 2006

Institute for Urdu Informatics soon

Institute for Urdu Informatics is an important need of the era and it will be soon established. It is the need of the time that an institute of Urdu Informatics in public sector should enhance and boost the localisation activities already being rendered in the world of business. Cabinet Secretary Ejaz Raheem expressed these view at display of “Pak Nastaleeq” font developed by Centre of Excellence for Urdu Informatics, National Language Authority Islamabad.

http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/august-2006/29/nationalnews2.php

Little choice for TV viewers

Thousands of people of Landi Kotal are deprived of additional television channels as the lone TV booster installed in the area offers only the national hook-up. The 100 watts transmitter was installed at Top Sar in 1990 which telecast PTV-1 programmes for 19 hours. Initially, the transmitter was installed in a mobile van, but was later moved to a building.

http://www.dawn.com/2006/08/29/nat14.htm

Newsmen complain to CM against Punjab Environment minister

The local newsmen have lodged a protest with Punjab chief minister against the rowdy behaviour of Punjab Environment Minister Mukhdoom Ishfaq Ahmad with them during the FA/FSc result declaring ceremony. The complainants stated the minister, a chief guest at the ceremony, was outraged when a newsman asked him to comment about ongoing commercialism in the BISE. http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=21811

FM LISTENING: Namira talks on FM

Once it used to be quite a commonplace thing to find people sharing their experiences of foreign lands. But now, owing to the advancement in modern technology, people no longer talk of going to various spots on the globe. Instead, they have set their eyes on space travel.
http://www.thepost.com.pk/IsbNews.aspx?dtlid=56337&catid=17

'Media must highlight masses' problems'

District Naib Nazim Kharan Sardar Gul Hassan Siapad has said the government will take all possible steps to solve people's problems.  Addressing a press conference here Monday, he said the government had employed all resources to solve the people's problems at their doorsteps.

http://www.thepost.com.pk/NatNews.aspx?dtlid=56242&catid=2

REGIONAL MEDIA:

Wikipedia chief says no to censorship

Jimmy Wales, founder of the open-forum internet encyclopedia Wikipedia, vowed yesterday he would not go down the same path as search engine Google by bowing to pressure from Beijing to censor sensitive articles.

http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=51805

Govt won't dictate pvt channels, says Munsi

Under attack over the Broadcast Services Regulation Bill, the Government has said the proposed regulator would be autonomous and that it was not in favour of mandatory ten per cent socially-relevant programming on private channels.

http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=51810

THAILAND : ThaiDay newspaper folds

ThaiDay , an English-language daily owned by a leading critic of Thai caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, is to cease publication this week because of financial problems, executives confirmed Monday.

http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=51824

Journalists harassed for taking photographs of Maoists

Dhruva Kumar Rawal, secretary of FNJ Nuwakot branch and editor of the monthly "Gatishil", and Raju Mitra Khanal, correspondent of the daily newspaper "Gorkhapatra" and sub editor of the weekly "Naya Ruprekha", were harassed and detained for nearly 15 minutes by Maoists for having taken photographs of plain-clothed Maoists without their permission. The incident took place at around 2:30 p.m. (local time) on 24 August 2006

http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/76575/

Tamil newspaper editor killed in Jaffna

A Tamil newspaper editor and former member of parliament was killed outside his home on the besieged Jaffna Peninsula late Sunday, international and local media reported. Sinnathamby Sivamaharajah, managing director of the Tamil-language Namathu Eelanadu newspaper, was shot dead in Vellippalai. Police are investigating the murder, according to news reports. The motive for the killing is unclear.

http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/76490/

SOURCES:

The News: http://jang.com.pk/thenews/

The Nation: http://www.nation.com.pk/

Daily Times: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/

The Dawn: http://www.dawn.com

Spider: www.spider.tm

BBC South Asia : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/

Herald: http://dawn.com/herald/

Aurora : www.aurora@dawn.com

The Economist: www.economist.com

IFEX: http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/158/

Jang: http://www.jang.com.pk/jang/

Nawa-i-waqt: http://www.nawaiwaqt.com.pk

Khabrain: http://www.khabrain.com

Daily Development News: http://asp.isb.sdnpk.org/

The Post: http://www.thepost.com.pk/

Business Recorder: http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org

Asia Media: www.asiamedia.ucla.edu

PEMRA: www.pemra.gov.pk

States Man: http://www.statesman.com.pk

Frontier Post: www. frontierpost .com.pk

Compiled by , Sajid Gondal Media Monitor, Internews Pakistan .

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