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Pakistan Media Mirror |
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Media Mirror: 18-09-2007 |
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Attack on Media
Intimidation
Police arrest printer & publisher of opposition leader’s book |
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Lahore police has arrested printer and publisher of the book ‘Surkharo kon’ written by PML-N leader Sadiq ul Farouk. Police has detained him in lower mall police station. Printer publisher Sahibzada Muhammad Ebrahim Shah was sitting in Sagar Publications at the time of police raid. The book was written contrary to President Musharraf’s book ‘In the line of fire’.
(Nawa-i-Waqt-8)
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Media Protest
Journalists protest |
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Rawalpindi/Islamabad Union of Journalists on Monday held a protest demonstration in front of the Supreme Court Building against the torture on the son of senior journalist Shakeel Turabi.The RIUJ staged a strong protest in front of the Supreme Court to express their anger and hatred over the gruesome incident demanding award of punishment to the accused. RIUJ President Mushtaq Minhas and others spoke on the occasion. They demanded the arrest of the accused within 72 hours.During his address, Mushtaq Minhas said they would boycott next session in the Parliament.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/NatNewsT.aspx?dtlid=118785&catid=2 |
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Media Miscellaneous
No notice of burglary at journalist’s house |
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Three days has passed to burglary at the house of Topi based journalist, but police has failed to trace culprits. Topi press club office bearers have given three days ultimatum, otherwise journalists’ community will hold protest demo. They urged local police to apprehend thieves in earliest and recover goods. Journalists have alleged that Police has no interest to trace culprits.
(Nawa-i-watq-7)
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Tehrike Pakistan and Journalism |
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Press Institute of Pakistan organized a seminar on role of media in Pakistan movement ‘Tehrike Pakistan and Journalism’. Rub Nawaz Khan reports minutes of the seminar.
(Nawa-i-Waqt- Special Edition)
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Television
PTV Drosh station building washed away |
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Chitral: Due to the torrential rains in Darosh area the Pakistan Television (PTV) local station on Monday was washed away that led to the suspension of PTV’s local area transmission. After heavy rains that flash flood hit the main building of PTV station. The PTV transmission in the area has been closed down.
(Nation-19)
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Movies
Jirga bans CDs, narcotics, in Mohmand Agency |
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A 60-member Halimzai tribe jirga on Monday banned the sale of narcotics and obscene CDs in Mohmand Agency, and gave shopkeepers a week to change their businesses or face action. A jirga member, Mohammad Ali Halimzai, told Daily Times that they had set a one-week deadline for those selling obscene CDs, heroin, alcohol and other narcotics in the agency. He said the jirga would take action through a “Qaumi Lashkar” against the violators of the ban. He said the shop owners, if found guilty, would be fined and their shops and houses would be demolished. Another jirga member said such measures would protect tribal youngsters from immoral activities. |
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\09\18\story_18-9-2007_pg7_41 |
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Art
Nude art display at NAG upsets visitors |
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People from different walks of life have expressed resentment over the open display of nude art at National Art Gallery (NAG).
(News-19)
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Books
Ulema Board to mull ban on 30 books |
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The Home Department has referred 30 books containing hate material to the Punjab Mutahidda Ulema Board (PMUB). The board will meet on September 20 to decide whether to ban the books, an Auqaf Department official told Daily Times on Sunday. The official said Auqaf minister Saeedul Hassan would chair the PMUB meeting. He said most books among the 30 had already been banned by PMUB and the Home Department, but had reappeared under different names. “ Sixty-one books have so far been banned on PMUB’s recommendations,” he added. |
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\09\18\story_18-9-2007_pg7_24 |
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Internet
The News Editorial “Why so expensive?” |
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“The question that the IT ministry as well as the various Internet companies providing broadband services need to be asked why broadband is still so expensive. According to the figures revealed at the conference, broadband in Pakistan on average costs more than ten times what it costs in India or even Sri Lanka. Why is that the case? What happened to the much-trumpeted reductions in the price of bandwidth announcement several times in recent years by the government (PTCL holds a monopoly on this and all reductions come via it)? Was this lowering of the bandwidth cost cosmetic or were bandwidth rates in Pakistan so high to begin with that even after significant reductions their absolute levels are still higher than those in Indian or Sri Lanka? The government needs to adopt a policy that reduces the cost of broadband use -- the technology that is now most popular all across the world -- because the benefits of using the Internet are many and needed for a country like Pakistan. In any case, the monopoly of one company on bandwidth ownership needs to be broken, since that is the most likely reason why broadband users in Pakistan have to pay through their nose for a service that is not even that reliable.” |
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=72574 |
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ECP website displays un-amended rules |
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The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) which remained docile when 'forced' to amend the presidential election rules, is nevertheless showing 'defiance' by displaying the un-amended rules on its official website. The ECP officials are of the view that this drastic amendment has been made to please the top man. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice (retd) Farooq Qazi who was among those who had taken oath under Musharraf's PCO, denied that the changes were person-specific and said that the rules would apply to all the presidential candidates at the time of scrutiny of the nomination papers which will be conducted 'strictly on merit'. However, discussions with the ECP officials reveal that the Commission was asked to send the copy of rules to the Presidency which was subsequently amended a couple of weeks before the election schedule. |
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=72673 |
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Telecommunications
PTA delays survey on cellphone operators |
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No quality of service survey and inspection of the mobile phone operators have been carried out by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority during the last one year or so. In the absence of any such survey findings, the authority is not in a position to penalise a cellular company for not improving its service. It is unclear as why to the authority has delayed the survey and whether it has purchased equipment required for the purpose. While the PTA sleeps, cell phone users are paying the price in the shape of disconnection of calls and difficulty in connectivity and failure of SMS messages, especially on weekends. Besides, different operators have introduced packages charging nominal rates for using the network after midnight that often results in overburdening it (network). |
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/09/18/nat38.htm |
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SC directs PTA to formulate mobile phones policy |
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The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday directed Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and mobile phone companies to formulate mobile phones policy and submit a report to the court on November 5. A four-member bench of the SC headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry while hearing suo motu case of sale of illegal SIMs of mobile phones also directed the Ministry of Information Technology to appear before the court on November 5. The CJP had taken suo motu notice on the complaint of Chaudhry Muhammad Idress regarding sale of mobile phone SIMs in the market without any documentation. On Monday counsel for PTA Adnan Kundi appeared before the bench and submitted that around 6 million illegal mobile phone SIMs were sold in the market of which 2.8 million had been verified. He submitted that efforts were underway to verify the remaining SIMs. |
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\09\18\story_18-9-2007_pg7_18 |
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