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Pakistan Media Mirror |
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Media Mirror: 13-09-2007 |
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Attack on Media
Intimidation
Power 99 gets Pemra notice for airing unethical contents by Sehrish Wasif |
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Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has issued a notice to Power 99 FM for airing unethical contents in a sponsored show. The report was also published in The Post on Wednesday based on listeners' complaint about the contents of the show. The authority spokesman, Muhammad Saleem, while talking to The Post, said that since a few weeks the authority was receiving complaints about the immoral contents of the show from the listeners. However, the authority was also regularly and actively monitoring its contents. The authority has also received complains about the unethical contents of other shows on the channel. He further said that Pemra would take strict action against the FM channels violating the code and conduct as prescribed by the authority for broadcasting. |
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/IsbNewsT.aspx?dtlid=117830&catid=17 |
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Media Workshop
UK envoy presents certificates to journalists |
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The British High Commissioner to Pakistan Robert Brinkley presented certificates to 28 journalists at successful completion of Advanced skills training on election reporting, says a press release issued here on Wednesday.
(Nation-15) (Jang-2) (Khabrian-3) (Nawa-i-Waqt-3)
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Media Miscellaneous
Media Watch by Zohra Yusuf |
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“The media needs to examine the concerns of those citizens who do not see their identity in such clear black and white tones. There are many unresolved issues of identity that the media needs to address-perhaps on next Independence Day.”
(Herald-19)
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Media and civil society by Ishrat Saleem |
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“It was not a betrayal when civil society congratulated General Musharraf on ousting Nawaz Sharif from power in October 1999; such were the atrocities of his rule. To welcome Musharraf has not turned out to be a bad deal, because the quid pro quo he offered has done us a great favour. But however much General Musharraf believes he is to be credited for the work the media is doing today, had not the Pakistani journalists stood steadfast for the cause of the truth over decades, today’s electronic media too would have been beholden to the powerful as are other institutions. It is manned by the same breed. Let’s believe, however much the darkness, there is is light too.”
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/OpinionNews.aspx?dtlid=117786&catid=11 |
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Letter to Editor, “Relationship with media” |
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Jawwad Ali, Lahore, “The nature of the relationship between a government and its media is a fair indication of the state of freedom available to the citizens of a given country. The ties between this government and the media in March during the lawyers’ protest against the Chief Justice reference when the police vandalised some media offices, were at their lowest. Later, the Pemra Amendment Ordinance sought to impose some checks on the electronic media. Since then the situation has improved, but one must guard against a relapse.Once the genie was out of the bottle, it was difficult for the subsequent governments to put it back, even though all regimes, including this one, continued to apply pressure in various forms. By criticising the government policies, the media not only serves the nation, it helps the rulers correct themselves. The rulers must welcome this rather than resent the cynics among their critics. It is a two-way relationship, which must be based on trust and goodwill.” |
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/LetNews.aspx?dtlid=117792&catid=4 |
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Concern over media leak of Akhtar, Asif row |
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Pakistan cricket team officials have shown concern over the leaking of the recent brawl incident between Akhtar and Asif to the media by any of the players which resulted in the expulsion of fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar from the Twenty20 World Cup.
In the initial reports about the incident submitted to the PCB Chairman Dr Nasim Ashraf, team officials were of the view that the incident got blown out of proportion only after a news item about it appeared on a private TV channel. The officials believe that the case was as good as resolved in Johannesburg when the media in Pakistan suddenly fuelled the row with its extensive coverage. According to team sources, once the story came out in the Pakistani media, there was pressure to take strong action against Shoaib who was suspended for five matches. However, the PCB chief ordered that a thorough inquiry be held into the incident soon after the team’s return from South Africa. |
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/SportsNewsT.aspx?dtlid=117802&catid=5 |
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Concern shown over safety of lawyers, media |
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The Asian Human Rights Commission has expressed grave concern about safety and lawyers and journalists in Pakistan after MQM’s leader Atlaf Hussain openly threatened lawyers and the journalists with seeming impunity. The dignity of the judges is at stake after the verbal attack by this party who are convinced that their high standing in the government coalition gives them the right to make such derogatory remarks. In a press release issued here on Wednesday AHRC says that it is evident that if it comes to a conflict between the lawyers and the MQM that General Musharraf will turn a blind eye to any excesses that the party workers might indulge in. Physical violence even resulting in murder being done in broad daylight has already been seen and despite of calls for investigations by the police and the government no action has yet to be seen to bring the perpetrators to justice. The AHRC again calls on the international community to intervene in order to prevent a further escalation of this violence by supporters of the Musharraf government. The inquiry into the Karachi carnage on May 12 must be allowed to proceed and the lawyers and witnesses must be offered protection so that they can expose the organisers of that Violence. Atlaf has intimidated lawyers and journalists with dire consequences if they misbehave in future or man handle government lawyers.
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http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/sep-2007/13/localnews4.php |
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Telecommunications
Warid Telecom to launch mobile TV services |
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Pakistan’s Warid Telecom is planning to launch ROK-powered mobile TV services. The deal marks ROK’s second mobile TV deployment in Pakistan, after going live with Telenor in April. Singtel-owned Warid Telecom would launch a subscription-based mobile TV service over its 2.5G network in the coming weeks. The channel line-up and cost will be confirmed in October, CNBC reported. ROK, already powers mobile TV services for Avea in Turkey, AIS in Thailand, Telenor in Pakistan and Vodacom in South Africa, as well as offering its service D2C on Nokia Eseries devices in Europe.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\09\13\story_13-9-2007_pg5_8 |
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Telenor wins Universal Service Fund bid |
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Telenor Pakistan won the final stage of technical and financial bidding for Universal Service Fund (USF), leaving Pakistan Telecommunication Authority Limited (PTCL), Warid Telecom and CMPak out of the competition, industry sources told Daily Times on Wednesday. Sources said Warid Telecom and CMPak were unable to qualify for the technical bid. While in the financial bid for 1,200 villages of the Malakand division, on the higher end PTCL bid was Rs 1,748 million and Telenor’s was Rs 310 million, giving no choice to USF but to announce Telenor as the winner of the first bid decision. The decision will be announced within a couple of days. After Malakand’s 1,200 villages, Sukkur, Sibi, Chaghi, DG Khan and Attock would be offered to take part in the bidding.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\09\13\story_13-9-2007_pg5_6 |
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Mobile phone market to grow |
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Pakistan, the third largest growing mobile phone market in the world, is poised to grow manifold by the year 2010. This was stated by Saleem Mobhani, CEO, Hungama Mobile, India. He is also CEO of FM India and currently on a visit to Pakistan on an invitation from Converge Technologies (Pvt.) Ltd., their strategic partners in Pakistan. Addressing a press conference along with Qazi Fakhir Jamil, CEO, Converge Technologies (Pvt.) Ltd. and Imran Ahmed- Emu of Fuzon (prominent musical group), he said collaboration between Pakistani and Indian company was to form a common platform to provide security to artistes of both the countries to get theirs due share of profit out of what they had produced in the music and other form of entertainment. Qazi Fakhir Jamil, CEO, Converge Technologies (Pvt.) Ltd, expressed his common resolve with the Indian company to uproot piracy in the country by providing quality content to the people at an affordable price. |
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/09/13/ebr17.htm |
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