Friday June 30, 2006

PML-Q leaders, workers attack Peshawar Press Club

Minister forms committee to probe incident

The Peshawar Press Club (PPC) Thursday lodged an FIR with the East Cantonment police station against Provincial President of Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid Engineer Amir Muqam, PML-Q Women Wing President Nighat Orakzai MPA and the heads of youth, labour and student wings of the party for attacking the club building to thwart a news conference being held by the members of PML-Q forward bloc.
http://www.thepost.com.pk/NatNews.aspx?dtlid=46871&catid=2

PML-Q activists ransack press club

Case registered against minister, leaguers

Dozens of people, including journalists, sustained wounds Thursday when a large number of armed activists of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League attacked and ransacked the Peshawar Press Club after their failure to prevent the party dissidents from holding a press conference.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=13362

PML workers storm press club beat up newsmen

Activists of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League attacked the Peshawar Press Club on Thursday apparently to foil a news conference there by some dissident members of the party. The management of the club lodged a complaint against provincial PML president and federal minister Amir Muqam, provincial information secretary of the party Nighat Orakzai and heads of League's youth, labour and students wings, for the attack.

http://www.dawn.com/2006/06/30/nat6.htm

Information ministry's website launched

State Minister for Information Tariq Azeem on Thursday launched Information Ministry's new look website at a simple and brief function held at the old USIS building. In a brief speech, on the occasion, Minister Tariq Azeem told the gathering that he had looked at the revamped website at his Ministry office early morning “and it looked good.”

http://www.dawn.com/2006/06/30/nat18.htm

Attack on Peshawar Press Club condemned

Central Information Secretary of the Awami National Party (ANP) and former Senator Zahid Khan has strongly condemned attack on Peshawar Press Club (PPC) by armed activists of the ruling Muslim League and termed it an act against freedom of the press.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=13364

Court seeks whereabouts of missing persons

Ten petitions agitating the alleged arrest and detention of Abdur Rauf Sasoli, deputy secretary-general of the Jamhoori Watan Party, Salim Baloch, JWP vice-president, Saeed Brohi, Karachi JWP chief, 20-year-old Affan Laghari, Liaquat Hussain Naiyer of Pasban-i-Aza and another Shia leader, Munir Mengal of Dubai-based TV channel ‘Baloch Voice', (Abdul) Rehman Dakait and other came up before a division bench, comprising Justices Anwar Zaheer Jamali and Mohammad Athar Saeed.

http://www.dawn.com/2006/06/30/local11.htm

A good picture can change history: Tariq Azeem

RIPJA oath-taking ceremony held

A good picture can change the history of the world and it is an important component to make a good newspaper. This was stated by Federal State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Tariq Azeem here Thursday.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=13420

OPINION :

Press Under Siege

Television: a race to be first

Television, an audio-visual medium, is a marvel of technology, which appeared as a blessing in disguise. The unknown world, strange people, discoveries never heard of, places never seen before, and the opinion less shared, are now available on one screen.

http://www.thepost.com.pk/OpinionNews.aspx?dtlid=46829&catid=11

LETTER TO EDITOR:

Responsible journalism

President Musharraf in my view is far better than the rest, especially Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif. Yet it is really disheartening to see that some of our national leading and responsible newspapers are doing journalism in a manner as if there is an Israeli set-up in Islamabad .

http://www.thepost.com.pk/LetNews.aspx?dtlid=46845&catid=4

Freedom of expression

Sir: From John Milton's “Areopagitica” to John Stuart Mill's “On liberty”, freedom of expression is an important issue on which much has been written and said. Unfortunately, it has yet to be defined such that we can respect or tolerate differences of opinion or belief.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\06\30\story_30-6-2006_pg3_8

MORE:

“Amir Muqam charged with inciting violence at PPC”, Daily Times, Page-A-4

“Attack on Peshawar Press Club: FIR filed against Engineer Amir Muqam, others”, Daily Jang, Back Page  

“Workshop on reporting for HIV & AIDS held”, The News, Page-5

ADVERTISMENTS:

Ministry of Information Technology invites tender for Development of Software Applications fpr Capital Development Authority (CDA).

NEWS 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: www.ifex.org

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.brecorder.com

Asia Media: www.asiamedia.ucla.edu

PEMRA: www.pemra.gov.pk

Compiled by, Sajid Gondal Media Monitor, Internews Pakistan .

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