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A daily review of media coverage of media and communications issues. |
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Media Protest
Journalists lodge FIR over bullets |
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Following the threats given to journalists, a FIR was lodged Tuesday night against unidentified people. The secretary general of the Federal Union of Journalists, Mazhar Abbas, submitted a combined application to the Frere police station in which he alleged that he, along with two other journalists, had received death threats. The police have registered the FIR under section 506/B of the Pakistan Penal Code. “The FIR has been transferred to the investigations police, who are now looking into the matter,” said the SHO Frere police station, Siddique Abbasi. PPP, PPP (SB) condemn threats to journalists: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has accused the “sister-wing of a leading partner in the Sindh ruling coalition” of threatening journalists. PPP provincial president, Qaim Ali Shah, said the ruling party was now shedding crocodile tears by expressing sympathy with the journalists. “The elements involved in the harassment of journalists may be easily taken to task in the light of the MRC letter against the journalists,” Shah said. The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) had, however, announced dissociation from the MRC after the letter was issued by the committee. Meanwhile, PPP-Shaheed Bhutto (SB) Chairperson Ghinwa Bhutto said that the firing on the house of Daily Times cartoonist Muhammad Zahoor, the kidnapping of Shakil Turabi and the threats to Mazhar Abbas, Zarar Khan and Asif Hassan, were all part of an oppressive tactic aimed at gagging the press.
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KUJ vows to resist pressure tactics |
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Media-men on Wednesday sent strong warnings to the government and pressure groups to desist from sending death threats to journalists, who were doing their duty and disseminating facts. They demanded that the elements responsible for Tuesday night’s threats should be exposed and brought to justice. This was expressed at a protest meeting held at the Karachi Press Club, which was followed by a protest demonstration outside the KPC to condemn the death threats. The threats were conveyed by unknown persons who had left envelops containing bullets on the vehicles of two foreign news agency correspondents -- Mazhar Abbas and Zarar Khan -- and a press photographer, Asif Hussain, in Karachi late on Tuesday night. The protest meeting and rally was organised by the Karachi Union of Journalists and was addressed by Ahfazur Rehman, Mazhar Abbas, Zarar Khan, Shamim-ur-Rahman, Sabihuddin Ghausi, Imtiaz Khan Faran, Maqsood Yousufi, Tariq Abul Hassan, Idrees Bakhtiar, Javed Asghar, Faisal Aziz and others.
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/05/31/local20.htm |
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Bullets cannot intimidate media, says journalists |
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Karachi journalists and representatives of various media organizations here Wednesday said that the media could not be intimidated and browbeaten by violence and threats, and it would continue to highlight truth and objectivity and expose those who wanted to gag the press. They were speaking at a protest meeting organised by the Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) at Karachi Press Club (KPC) to condemn the incident of sending envelops containing bullets to PFUJ General Secretary Mazhar Abbas, AP News Agency Bureau Chief Zarrar Khan and press-photographer Asif in Karachi on Tuesday night. Representatives of various media organizations in strongest words condemned life threats to senior journalists by sending them bullet-filled envelops and vowed that media would not bow down before terrorists and continue to perform its duties, professionally and objectively to inform the truth to public.
Later, the journalists also staged a protest demonstration before KPC. They chanted slogans against those involved in violence against media. They also held a walk for the press freedom, carrying placards inscribed with slogans to stop violence against the media and refrain from gagging press.
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http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/may-2007/31/nationalnews9.php |
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KhUJ plans demo |
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The Khyber Union of Journalists will hold a demonstration on Friday in protest against attacks on houses of journalists and hurling of threats to newsmen after the May 12 bloodbath in Karachi. A KhUJ meeting presided over by its vice-president Samin Jan at the Peshawar Press Club on Wednesday criticised attacks on the residence of cartoonist Zahoor in Peshawar and on the house of journalist Qazi Nasrullah Afridi in Bara by unidentified assailants. It asked the NWFP government to take notice of both incidents and order an inquiry into the attacks. The meeting condemned the issuance of threatening letters to senior journalists in Karachi and asked the Sindh government to take action against those responsible for this terrorist move.
(Nation-19)
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/05/31/local36.htm |
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Journalists protest over attempts to cow down media |
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Journalists staged a protest demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club (KPC) Wednesday afternoon to condemn the incident of envelopes containing bullets being sent to journalists. The bullets were allegedly sent to Mazhar Abbas (ADP), Zarar Khan (APP),and an AFP press photographer, Asif, in Karachi on Tuesday. Earlier, a protest meeting was held at the KPC organised by the Karachi Union of Journalists who unanimously agreed that journalists would not surrender their right to objective reporting and would continue to highlight the truth and expose those who wanted to gag the press. These negative pressures and tactics would not cow down the media people who had always played their neutral role and had avoided any biased reporting, the meeting asserted. In their strongly-worded speeches, the media people condemned life threats to senior journalists by sending them bullet-filled envelopes and pledged that they would not be browbeaten by bullets. They said journalists were just performing their duties professionally and objectively to disseminate the truth among the public.
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=58475 |
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Threats to journalists condemned |
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Journalists staged protest demonstrations and held rallies in different parts of Sindh on Wednesday against the issuance of life threats to PFUJ secretary-general Mazhar Abbas, AP correspondent Zarar Khan and photographer Asif Hussain, and attack on Shakeel Turrabi, Editor-in-Chief, Sana News. Members of the press club and Hyderabad Union of Journalists demonstrated against the harassment of journalists by ‘terrorists.’ President Hyderabad Press Club Shahid Shaikh said this was only a symbolic protest demonstration but if such threats were not stopped media people will resort to direct action. NAWABSHAH: Journalists of Nawabshah staged demonstration outside the press club. They carried placards and raised slogans in favour of press freedom. Speaking on the occasion, Mohammad Anwar Shaikh said that the government was claiming that press and media were free but threats were being issued to journalists. The members condemned such threats. JACOBABAD: Journalists of Jacobabad took out a rally led by Nazar Abbas Shah, president district union of journalists, while activists of political parties and social organisations also participated in it. Protesters staged a sit-in near the DCO Chowk.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=58519
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PUJ rally condemns threats to journalists |
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The Punjab Union of Journalists on Wednesday staged a demonstration in front of the Lahore Press Club to condemn death threats to three senior Karachi journalists. A large number of city journalists carrying placards and banners urged the government to protect journalists. They also raised slogans against the MQM and the government. The journalists given death threats included Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists Secretary General Mazhar Abbas, Zarar Khan and Asif Hussain. Speaking on the occasion, PUJ President Arif Hameed Bhatti and General Secretary Amer Raza urged the government to take stern action against the MQM, and ban it. It should also expose those disturbing peace in Karachi, they said. They also urged the Punjab government to ban the entry of the members of the party into Punjab. They said the union would give a call for a hunger strike if the government failed to protect journalists who would continue to perform their duty without caring for the consequences.
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/05/31/nat45.htm |
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Media body demands journalists’ protection |
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Outraged at threats to the life and property of journalists in Karachi and Peshawar thrown up by extremist organisations, the South Asia Media Commission (SAMC) on Wednesday urged the Pakistani authorities to protect them. Three Pakistani journalists – Mazhar Abbas, Zarar Khan and Asif - working for national and international news organisations found bullets placed in their cars late on Tuesday. This comes a week after a shadowy organisation, the Mohajir Rabita Council, with links to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, a party that supports military ruler President Pervez Musharraf, issued a list of a dozen journalists, declaring them ‘enemies’. On May 25, gunmen attacked the Peshawar home of Daily Times cartoonist Muhammad Zahoor at around 2am. Four-time winner of the All Pakistan Newspaper Society’s annual best cartoonist award, Zahoor has drawn many cartoons on the Supreme Court chief justice’s dismissal in recent weeks.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\05\31\story_31-5-2007_pg7_7 |
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Journalists blame MQM for threats |
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Journalists on Wednesday protested in front of the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Press Club’s camp office to condemn threats against journalists in Karachi. The protestors held placards stating that threats were creating hurdles for journalists performing their jobs. They also shouted slogans against the Sindh government and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), accusing them of trying to suppress press freedom. Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists President Afzal Butt alleged that the MQM’s Muhajir Rabatta Council had threatened journalists by phone and by firing gunshots in the air. He said MQM leaders had denied links with the council, but alleged that such statements were false. He criticised the government and said journalists would raise their voices at every forum against such discrimination.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\05\31\story_31-5-2007_pg7_19 |
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Journalists protest threats to colleagues |
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Condemning the threats given to media men in Karachi, the journalists community in the federal capital on Wednesday staged a protest demonstration in front of the Islamabad Press Club Camp Office.
The protest was attended by a large number of journalists of the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. They were holding placards and banners inscribed with the slogans in favour of freedom of press and chanted slogans like “Qatel Qatel MQM” and Zulam ky zabety hum nahi manty”. The protest was organised by the Rawalpindi Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ).
http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/may-2007/31/nationalnews3.php
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=58520
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MQM condemns harassment of journalists |
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The government should take action against those responsible for threatening journalists, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief, Altaf Hussain, and convenor Imran Farooq, said. “Conspirators are continuously trying to destroy peace in Karachi and bullets in envelopes found in the cars of known journalist is part of that scheme,” Hussain said in a statement issued from the MQM International Secretariat in London. Farooq contacted Mazhar Abbas and Zarrar Khan via telephone and assured them that the MQM would actively protect journalists. Both Hussain and Farooq demanded that the government initiate an inquiry and bring the culprits to task. They condemned the harassment of journalists through such tactics.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\05\31\story_31-5-2007_pg12_3 |
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PML-N condemns death threats to journalists |
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The senior Vice president PML-N Mushaid Ullah Khan has condemned the death threats being hurled at some journalists in Karachi. He said since Mazhar Abbas was critical to government in his TV programs, it was the reason unknown elements were threatening media.
(Nawa-i-Waqt-8)
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MMA condemns attempts to ‘browbeat’ journalists |
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The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) has condemned the incidents of threatening senior journalists of the city and blamed the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) for using unfair and violent tactics against the media. According to the MMA leaders, the MQM had been showing fascist tendencies against the journalists’ fraternity and news organisations after the party’s brazen role and participation in the bloodshed and violence of May 12 had been so unmistakably exposed. Meanwhile, the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Karachi, has convened an all-parties’ conference (APC) at its headquarters on Thursday (today) against the threats being received by newsmen aimed at shackling the freedom of the press and the media.
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=58476 |
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PTI condemns death threats to journalists |
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The political secretary to Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) chief has strongly condemned the death threats being hurled at some journalists in Karachi. Saifullah Niazi accused the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) for such acts and said that the MQM violated democratic norms and was trying to suppress freedom of the press. He said it was an old tactic of the leaders of the MQM that they tried to harass and intimidate those who dared to challenge their acts. On the contrary, he said, the MQM promoted the culture of lawlessness and preferred to use force than constitutional means for achieving their ‘evil’ designs. Mr Niazi paid glowing tributes to those journalists of print and electronic media alike who are “carrying out their professional duties in the face of heavy odds”.
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/05/31/nat18.htm |
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SHCBA and lawyers unite with media |
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The honorary secretary of the Sindh High Court Bar Association, Shaikh Munir-ur-Rahman, has condemned the threats to two senior journalists of Karachi and expressed solidarity with the media. The print and electronic media came to the aid of civil society in the movement for the restoration of the Chief Justice of Pakistan and the independence of the judiciary and can not be left alone in its hour of need, he said addressing a protest general body meeting Wednesday. Rahman expressd grave concern over the alleged statement of Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim and an interview to the BBC when he said the remarks against judicial activism were “unfortunate”. The house decided in favour of filing a contempt of court application before the High Court of Sindh.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\05\31\story_31-5-2007_pg12_4 |
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Media Regulation
President approves Pemra control to ministry |
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President Pervaiz Musharraf has approved the decision to put the Pakistan Electronic Media Authority Regulatory Authority (Pemra) under the administrative control of the Information Ministry. Earlier PEMRA was working under cabinet division, like other regulatory authorities. Official notification has been issued.
(Jang-8)
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Media Miscellaneous
President warns media not to politicise judicial matter, violate PEMRA rules |
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President General Pervez Musharraf said on Wednesday that it is every Pakistani’s responsibility to ensure that the sanctity and reverence of national institutions, such as the armed forces, is maintained. He was addressing army officers at the Jehlum Garrison on Wednesday. The president also criticised the media, saying it must not politicise what was purely a judicial and legal matter. He was referring to the presidential reference against the chief justice of Pakistan. He said the media must abide by the code of conduct approved by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA). He said the media in Pakistan had been granted unprecedented freedom. The government has no intention of curbing this freedom, Gen Musharraf said, but he underlined the need for responsible journalism and avoiding exaggeration in reporting on the judicial crisis. He said most private TV channels were reporting responsibly, but some channels were airing talks shows with “unbalanced reporting and presentation” that were creating pressure on judges. He said “a section of the electronic media” had been spreading “despondency, distortion and ambiguity” and “the achievements of the government are being submerged by the propaganda of vested interests aimed at personal and political gain”.
(Nation-1) (Express-1) (Nawa-i-Waqt-1)
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\05\31\story_31-5-2007_pg1_1
http://www.thepost.com.pk/Fb_ShortNewsT.aspx?fbshortid=1955&fcatid=14&fstatus=Current&bcatid=14&bstatus=Current
http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=8207
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Separate PIO for electronic media |
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The federal government has decided to appoint a separate principal information officer (PIO) to act as bridge between the government and electronic media. The name of new PIO for electronic media will be notified in a day or two.
(News-12)
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PPP-P to attend SAFMA conference in India |
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Pakistan Peoples Party –Parliamentarian will attend SAFMA Parliamentary Forum in Simla (India) from June 2 to 3, 2007. PPP-P being strong supporter of both freedom of media as well as peace in South Asia, has been actively participating in all forums convened by SAFMA. This year the South Asian Parliamentary Forum-2, titled ‘South Asian Parliament, towards South Asian Unity’.
(Nation-5)
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=8215 |
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Indus motors hosts First National Auto Journalists Workshop |
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Taking the initiatives in continuation of its Corporate Social Responsibility program, Indus Motor company successfully hosted Pakistan’s first National Auto Journalists workshop at a local hotel. The workshop was conducted by Hormazd Sorabjee, a south Asian expert on auto journalism and editor of one of the region’s most prominent auto magazine.
(Dawn-10)
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Efforts will be made for newspaper market in Gujar Khan |
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Nazim Gujar Khan Muhammad Azeem has assured newspaper sellers’ community of Gujar Khan to make all effort to set up a newspaper market in town. He was addressing a gathering of newspaper sellers of the town. He appreciated the role of community for timely distribution of newspapers in spite all weather hurdles.
(Jang-3)
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Tahir Mirza laid to rest in Lahore |
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Renowned journalist and former editor of Dawn, Tahir Mirza, who died in Karachi on Tuesday was laid to rest in the G Block Graveyard in Model Town here on Wednesday afternoon. His funeral prayers, offered on the premises behind the Bank Square Market, opposite C Block, Model Town, was attended by a large number of people, including his relatives and friends, political leaders, rights activists and journalists. His body was brought to Lahore in the morning from Karachi where he died of lung cancer after serving the profession during an illustrious career spanning over 40 years. Prominent among those who attended the funeral were PPP (Shaheed Bhutto) leader Dr Mubashir Hassan, director Human Rights Commission of Pakistan I.A. Rehman, noted writers Intizar Hussain, Hameed Akhtar and Dr Mehdi Hassan besides columnist Hussain Naqi.
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/05/31/nat3.htm |
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Profession deprived of a disciplined editor: APNS |
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Hameed Haroon, president of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society, and its secretary-general Mohammad Aslam Kazi have expressed their profound grief on the death of Tahir Mirza, former editor of Dawn. They said in Mr Mirza’s death the newspaper industry had lost a veteran journalist, editor and columnist. Mr Mirza was a decent person and a man of high calibre who served the print media for many decades. They added that Mr Mirza’s death was a loss for the profession which had been deprived of a talented and disciplined editor and columnist.
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/05/31/nat4.htm |
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Editorial Tahir Mirza (1936-2007) |
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Daily Times Editorial “Anyone who met Tahir Mirza remembered him as a gentleman journalist, mild mannered, but tough as nails in relation to his profession. His passing away on Tuesday has taken from us another “old school” practitioner of the trade who refused to mix ideology with reporting. Born in 1936, Tahir Mirza went through the mill as a PPI reporter and a reporter for “The Morning News” in Dhaka, till he came to Lahore in 1975 and made it his home.”
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\05\31\story_31-5-2007_pg3_1 |
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Tahir Mirza’s death condoled |
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Senate Chairman Mohammadmian Soomro, deputy Chairman Jan Muhammad Jamali and PML-Secretary-general Mushahid Hussain have expressed grief and sorrow over the demise of former Editor of Dawn Tahir Mirza. In their condolence messages, they paid tributes to the veteran journalist for his services in the field of journalism and said that he devoted his life for the cause of the downtrodden. He was a professional to the core who left his mark as a reporter, columnist, broadcaster and editor.
(Nation-15)
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/05/31/nat16.htm |
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A gentleman to the core |
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Murtaza Rizvi tributes to late Tahir Mirza, “Tahir Mirza belonged to the fine breed of men who were cast naturally as role models in human decency. It was pleasure being around him, which now seems but a lingering, pleasant dream that exposed you to an unreal world of manners and intellect to which he belonged.”
(Dawn-12
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Mild-mannered professional |
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Report on late Tahir Mirza, “no wonder then that those who had the privilege of knowing him for longer feel so deprived by his absence.”
(Dawn-12)
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Tahir Mirza mourned in Washington |
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Eminent journalist Tahir Mirza’s death in Karachi on Tuesday has cast a pall of gloom over the wide circle of friends, colleagues and admirers he had in the US capital where he worked as a correspondent from 2000 to 2003. The Washington Policy Analysis group, of which he was an enthusiastic member, described Mirza as a journalist of extraordinary ability and sterling integrity. During his three years here, he made a large number of friends, both in and outside the profession. He was always known as a gentleman par excellence who never had a harsh word to say about anybody. He was also never afraid to speak his mind or stand up for what he believed to be right. He was an active member of the National Press Club and could always be found at every important event held there. A memorial meeting is planned here later this week and a Quran khwani arranged by his colleagues and friends is due to take place on Thursday.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\05\31\story_31-5-2007_pg7_13 |
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Television
PTV ends ban on private productions |
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Managing Director PTV Yousaf beg Mirza has removed ban on private productions. According to new policy PTV will encourage programs produced by private producers. PTV is running in deficit, he showed his determination that in a year PTV will be profitable organization.
(Khabrian-3)
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Radio
FM Listening | Vulgarity on FM channels “Sehrish Wasif” |
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In our country where a large number of people don't have access to television or newspaper, radio is a godsend gift for them. Unfortunately, the transmission of our private radio sector is restricted to local and social issues. Moreover, some RJs and FM channels are interested in insignificant issues rather than important ones and try to incorporate them in their daily transmission, but in an indirect way.
It is worth-mentioning here that sometimes back Ayeshah Alam did a show in which she asked listeners to share their opinion on alcoholism and the hypocrisy surrounding it. The Pemra took an action against her but soon it all finished without any outcome. Some parents accuse Radio One FM 91 and Power 99 FM of promoting 'dating culture'. They say there are a few sponsored shows on Radio One FM 91 that are motivating our young generation to go on dating. It really sounded too disgusting when the RJs of Radio One FM 91 on air asked female callers whether they use particular deodorant or not. If not so, they should start using it to have a better relationship or give a pleasant feeling to the partner.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/IsbNewsT.aspx?dtlid=99927&catid=17 |
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Music
Junoon artiste says he was threatened by MQM |
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Renowned singer Salman Ahmed of Junoon has said the MQM threatened him many times. In his open letter, he said the MQM threatened him that if he did not perform at its rally, his wife and children would be abducted. Ahmed described the incident as having happened in 1992. He said, “They have threatened me on many occasions in the past 15 years. One particular time was when I refused to perform at Altaf’s marriage function in Karachi and London where all other artists, including Ali Azmat, were brow beaten into going and performing for ‘his majesty’s’ pleasure. The man who threatened me was called ‘Khalid bin Walid’ and was a known terrorist and murderer.” Walid apparently told Salman Ahmed that his “Quaid” Altaf Hussain had specially demanded that he appear with Junoon to perform at his wedding. When the singer refused, the man called the singer’s staff threatened with dire consequences. In 1992, the MQM also threatened to abduct my wife and children if I did not show up at an MQM rally to welcome their leader, Azim Tariq.”
(Jang-8)
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Advertisement
Baloch editors threaten to suspend press coverage of govt |
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Tell government to pay dues for advertisements and supplements by June 6 or face press boycott. Enraged newspaper editors in Balochistan have decided to boycott press coverage of government programmememes and activities from June 6 to protest the provincial government’s failure to pay newspapers for official advertisements published in their papers. A meeting of the Daily Newspapers Editors’ Council held here on Wednesday criticised the provincial government for its failure to pay its dues for official advertisements and supplements and decided not to publish photographs of the provincial chief minister, governor, ministers and any programme organised by government departments as a symbolic protest. The decision came after an earlier warning issued by newspaper editors a week ago to the government that they would be compelled to “take stern action against the constant government indifference towards our problems”.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\05\31\story_31-5-2007_pg7_18 |
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Art
Senate body for opening of National Art Gallery |
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The Senate standing committee on culture has urged the ministry of culture not to wait for the completion of the National Art Gallery and open its galleries already set up for public viewing. “There are 12 galleries which have already been opened for public viewing. And diplomats and locals have been visiting the shows and appreciating them,” said former principal of the National College of Arts (NCA) Salima Hashmi, who attended the meeting as member of the NAG board of governors. “The much delayed NAG should at least have a soft opening. Children have their holidays and let people come with their families to experience the region’s art scene,” she said. Ms Hashmi said the committee had asked the ministry of culture to urge President Musharraf to inaugurate the gallery by June 15. The committee at a meeting on Tuesday took up important matters concerning NAG including its delayed opening and the irregular meetings of its board of governors and insurance of paintings worth millions of rupees.
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National Arts Gallery wants piece of land |
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A leading television artist of country has called for allocating more space to the National Art Gallery for its expansion which was recently completed after 25 years. Jamal Shah said gallery should be allotted a vast expense of land adjacent to it where five star hotel is being planned. Jamal shah raised issue in senate committee on culture where he got strong support from its members. “I think government should look seriously into proposal and move swiftly before the land is handed over to five star hotel.”
(Nation-14)
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Copy Rights
Piracy costs govt Rs10bn annually |
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The losses to the government on account of intellectual property rights piracy (IPR) come to around Rs10 billion a year as the pirates, through their illegal business, evade taxes, besides bringing a bad name to the country and causing damage to the image of original brands. This was observed by Mohammad Siddique, Additional Director (Training), Directorate of Training and Research, Customs, while speaking on Enforcement of IPR under the TRIPS agreement and the role of Customs on the second and last day of the national seminar on “Intellectual Property Rights Protection”. The seminar was organised by the Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) Laboratories Complex, Karachi.
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/05/31/local19.htm |
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Deadline extended for companies using pirated software |
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The companies using pirated software have been given the deadline of June 15 to get registered software. International software manufacturer’s alliance BSA has said that earlier deadline has given positive response, so it has been decided to extend deadline for users of pirated software.
(Jang-8)
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