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RESOURCE CENTER - MEDIA MONITOR |
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Wednesday October 31, 2007
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A daily review of media coverage of media and communications issues. |
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Media Regulation
Dawn Editorial “Broadcast bites” |
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“Although over a 100 stations were shut down by Pemra last year, the laws of the land do not apply to Fata where rabid broadcasts continue to boom. Interestingly, Maulana Fazlullah’s FM radio station roared for nearly four years in Swat, which falls under Pemra. In September, Governor Orakzai promulgated the Pemra Ordinance 2002 in the province, stating that it would be applicable in Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (Pata) as well. Pemra maintains that the legislation is still underway for Fata. Hopefully, the current turmoil should serve as a catalyst to bringing insurgent radio into the fold of the law. The dire need to muzzle rebel and illegal voices must not fall on deaf ears any longer and the most significant step for Pemra would be to crack down on the local manufacturers of cheap radio equipment.”
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/10/31/ed.htm#3 |
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Media Workshop
Workshop on unbiased reporting |
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A US consulate Tuesday arranged a training workshop for an exclusive group of journalists at a hotel in the provincial capital. Chief trainer Arnold Isaacs shared his experiences with the journalists. The one-day session was attended by about one and a half dozen journalists and officials of the US mission in Peshawar. Mr Arnold said that covering issues during election was not a simple job, as it required proper skill and knowledge about laws pertaining to elections, political parties, their manifestoes and the role the election commission. He said that during his journalistic career, he had observed that inadequacy of knowledge overshadowed the work of a journalist. Therefore, they must keep themselves abreast of current affairs, he added.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/NatNewsT.aspx?dtlid=126123&catid=2 |
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Media Miscellaneous
Journalists injured in suicide bombing get Rs 50,000 each |
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Two journalists who sustained injuries due to suicide bombing on April 28 in Charsadda received cheques of Rs 50,000 each here on Tuesday. Muhammad Ayaz, the chief reporter of the APP Peshawar, and Arshad Babar, a photographer of the Press and Information Department (PID), sustained injuries in the suicide bombing when they were performing their official duties at a public meeting addressed by Minister for Interior Aftab Ahmad Sherpao on April 28 in Charsadda.
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=78025 |
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Media, state institutes need to forge unity, says Durrani |
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Durrani promises Fata journalists’ safety
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Muhammad Ali Durrani has said the journalist community is the torch-bearer of the society, for holding accountable all those, who commit atrocities against humanity. "As terrorists and extremists are threatening most parts of NWFP and Fata, the media and the state institutes will have to forge unity to combat this menace," he said Tuesday while addressing a media delegation from Khyber Agency Tuesday. The minister said, "If we want to effectively root out terrorist and extremist tendencies from our social fabric, the media will have to come forward with a plan to form an alliance against this menace." He said writ of the state and the right to report were indispensable components of a progressive society and the government would make no compromise, if any group of individual challenges civil liberties.
"Freedom of expression is the hallmark of our government and we will not allow any group or individual to challenge this right," he added. Durrani said isolating the extremism in its various manifestations is prime duty of the entire nation and the government would leave no stone unturned to protect the media freedom which they together had achieved. He said the best method to combat terrorism threat was to effectively raise voice against all sorts of curbs against freedom of expression.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/IsbNewsT.aspx?dtlid=126122&catid=17 |
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Kazakh media team meets PM Aziz |
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Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz while acknowledging Pakistan’s close friendly and brotherly relations with Kazakhstan said Tuesday the people of Pakistan have an immense reservoir of mutual goodwill, which is a source of strength to relations between the two countries. Pakistan, he said looks at Central Asia with great interest and our relations with all the Central Asian Republics (CARs) are expanding and developing at the desired level. The Prime Minister was talking to a media delegation comprising senior journalists from the Kazakhstan which met him here at the Prime Minister House this afternoon. He said the visits of media delegations of both the countries would help promote understanding among people of the two countries with better vision about their culture and economic needs. He said media can play an important role in bringing the people closer and in expanding a regular interaction. The Prime Minister said that Pakistan is the corridor. |
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http://www.app.com.pk/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19826&Itemid=1 |
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Kazakh media team meets Kasuri |
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Foreign Minister Khurshid M. Kasuri Tuesday emphasized the importance of relationship with Central Asia especially with Kazakhstan and added that these ties drew strength from the abiding kinship of faith, culture and historical experience. Talking to Kazakh media delegation here at Foreign Office, the Minister stressed the need for regular exchange of scholars, intellectuals, media and cultural delegations between Pakistan and Kazakhstan. The delegation, which is visiting Pakistan at the invitation of the Area Study Centre for Central Asia, Peshawar, includes representatives of Kazakh think tanks, TV channels and newspapers. In the interactive session, the Foreign Minister dilated upon various facets of Pakistan’s foreign policy. The Kazakh media team is in Pakistan on a 10-day visit and has already visited Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar and Gawadar. |
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http://www.app.com.pk/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19820&Itemid=1 |
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APP managing director gets extension |
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The government has given one year extension to Rai Riaz Hussain, managing director (MD) Associated Press of Pakistan (APP), on reaching the age of superannuation. According to an official notification issued here on Tuesday, Mr Hussain, BS-20 officer of the information group, will get the extension after his retirement on January 22, 2008. He has been holding important positions in the information service, including press minister at the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi and press secretary to two former prime ministers. During his posting as MD APP, the government-owned news agency has started video news service while Urdu, Sindhi and Pushto news services have been strengthened.
(Dawn-18)
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AJK TV daily wage earners should be made permanent employees |
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Daily wage earners of AJK TV should be made permanent employees of institution, said AJK Prime Minister sardar Atique Ahmed khan in hus meeting with Federal Information Minister Muhammad Ali Khan Durrani at Kashmir house.
(Daily Times-B3)
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Radio
LCWU FM 96.6 in the doldrums |
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The Lahore College for Women University LCWU has failed to launch its FM 96.6 following ineptitude of the officials concerned and an overall slackness in the matter, The Post has observed. Reportedly, concerned officials seeking anonymity said the contractor in question failed to allot a specific site for the construction of a radio, adding that so far only a few equipments have been bought under the supervision of the head of the department.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/CityNewsT.aspx?dtlid=126070&catid=3 |
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Telecommunication
Internet services to suffer due to repair of SMW3 |
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Serious internet problems are likely to emerge as many as eight days starting from today as the SMW3 will remain unavailable due to repair work, the news learnt on Tuesday.
(News-9) (Jang-8)
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Updated at 11:00 PST (06:00 GMT) |
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