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RESOURCE CENTER - MEDIA MONITOR |
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Monday July 30, 2007
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A daily review of media coverage of media and communications issues. |
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Media Protest
Governments and media control by Dr Ayesha Siddiqa |
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“The Pakistani media, like anywhere else in the world, will continue to work and cooperate with the government as long as the latter has the sense to use a well-measured approach rather than haphazard bureaucratic methods to control opinion and discussion. The agencies are generally officered by mediocre people. Their main task is to brand people as Indian agents and/or look at issues from a myopic perspective. I know this for a fact because since the publication of my book I have been a victim of the establishment’s smear campaign and accused of having written the book at the behest of foreign agencies.”
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\07\30\story_30-7-2007_pg3_2 |
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Critique on Media
Letter to Editor, “Play the news better” |
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Muhammad Abd Al-Hameed, “Why can’t media help us understand news? News is the business of newspapers and television news channels but they do not know how to do it effectively. They do not use (enough) maps and animations to enable us to better understand the news. They could do a much better job by displaying maps of flood-affected areas in order to make our understanding of the calamity better.”
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http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/july-2007/30/letters6.php |
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Media Unions
Charsadda Union of Journalists elects office bearers |
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Elections of Charsadda Union of Journalists were held in a meeting here Sunday and Sartaj Khan was elected as president while Nusrat Hussain was elected as general secretary for one term.
(News-3)
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Radio
PPP decides to establish radio station |
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Pakistan Peoples Party has decided to establish its own radio station. Decision was taken in high level party meeting in London. Administration of PPP Urdu website hosted a reception in which announcement for party radio station.
(Express-8)
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Telecommunication
Cell phone shop's inspection may be delayed |
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A random inspection of mobile phone companies’ franchises by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to check issuance of SIMs against fake identities faces delay. The inspection is meant to check alleged irregularities by the franchises which have issued over the past years a large number of cell phone SIMs against fake identities. The irregularities surface whenever law-enforcement agencies try to trace an anonymous caller, mainly in kidnapping for ransom and extortion cases. The intelligence agencies also face the problem in their efforts to trace terrorists. “If an operator does not follow PTA instructions, it can be fined and proceedings can be initiated against it as per the Telecom Act,” the PTA had said in June. A source told Dawn on Sunday that the authority had delayed the process on the request of the cellular companies, which required more time to ensure that subscribers using SIMs in others’ names submitted their computerised national identity cards to transfer the connections to their names. |
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/07/30/nat18.htm |
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Updated at 11:00 PST (06:00 GMT) |
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