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Pakistan Media Mirror |
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Media Mirror: 22-09-2007 |
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Media Miscellaneous
US concerned over harassment of journalists in Pakistan |
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The US embassy expressed concern on Friday over incidents of harassment and attacks on journalists in Pakistan. A statement issued by the embassy here said US Embassy Acting Deputy Chief of Mission E Candace Putnam and Public Affairs Counsellor Kay Webb Mayfield called on Information and Broadcasting Minister Muhammad Ali Durrani on Friday to express concern over “recent incidents of Pakistani journalists being subjected to assaults and harassment”. According to the statement, Putnam cited the cases of television journalists who were assaulted while covering events at Islamabad airport on September 10, the reported attack on the son of a South Asian News Agency editor on September 14, and the reported abduction and interrogation of a Dawn TV reporter from September 15 to17. The diplomats said intense media scrutiny would be focused on Pakistan during the upcoming elections and other political events, with large numbers of national and international journalists covering developments in the country. The US embasy statement said they urged the Information and Broadcasting Ministry to work closely with the police and other agencies responsible for maintaining public order to ensure that journalists are able to perform their jobs without intimidation and fear of reprisal.
(Daily Times),
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Inhuman treatment to journalist slammed |
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Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) expressed its deep concern over the harassment of the local English channel reporter who was picked by the intelligence agency officials early this week for his report on the recent suicide attack on SSG commandos in Tarbela. In a statement issued from the office of central information secretary PPP Sherry Rehman, the party condemned in strongest terms the inhuman treatment meted out to Babar Hussain by the intelligence agency men who kidnapped and intimidated him in broad daylight outside his house in Rawalpindi.
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http://nation.com.pk/daily/sep-2007/22/nationalnews10.php |
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Inter – provincial journalist convention soon |
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The first ever inter provincial journalist convention will be arranged shortly to debate issues confronting the journalist community in country, said federal inter provincial coordination Minister Salim Saifullah Khan on Friday.
(Dailytimes-B2)
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Journalist’s father looted |
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Three dacoits looted cash and mobile phone worth Rs 100,000 at the gunpoint from Awami building store and run away after binding the owner with ropes. Owner of the store Muhammad Saeed, father of Shehzad Ahmed, incharge computer section in daily Khabrian told the Post Friday three dacoits entered into the store and made customers as a hostage at gunpoint.He said after binding my hands with ropes, they looted one lakh cash and a mobile phone.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/Arc_IsbNews.aspx?dtlid=119490&catid=17&date=09/22/2007&fcatid=14 |
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Television
75 private TV channels by year-end: Durrani |
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A total of 75 private TV channels will be fully operative by the year-end. The government has taken a number of steps for ensuring independence of media which helped develop vibrant and dynamic media institutions in the country, Information Minister Muhammad Ali Durrani Friday said. The media, he said, is now playing "a significant role to further strengthen the democratic society." He expressed these views while talking to acting Deputy Chief of Mission, United States of America, Ms. Candace Putnam and Counselor Public Affairs Elizabeth K. Mayfield who called on him here at his office and exchanged views on mutual interests. "We are facing an acute demand-supply imbalance regarding skilled media professionals, as their demand in the media industry is multiplying with each passing day," he said.
To address this situation, he added, the government has initiated steps to launch the project of Islamabad Media University which would be one of its kind in the entire South Asian region as well as the Muslim World. Ms Putnam appreciated the steps taken by the ministry of information for facilitating the growth of the Pakistani media organizations and assured full cooperation in this regard.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/Arc_IsbNews.aspx?dtlid=119554&catid=17&date=09/22/2007&fcatid=14 |
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Editorial Daily Times, “Assessing TV anchors” |
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An extremely interesting debate was initiated on a TV channel Thursday about the quality of the TV channels in general and their coverage of the political scene or “current affairs” in Pakistan. The deliberately created ambivalence about the intentions of the Musharraf government about the freedom of the press was also frankly discussed. While it was conceded that some of the flaws of the TV channels were the result of sudden expansion without trained manpower, the phenomenon was still called a success. Anchors Mubashir Luqman of Business Plus and Mrs Salahuddin of Indus TV must be complimented on pointing out the weaknesses of the “hosts” who conduct discussion programmes. First of all, all the anchors are bitten by the “Tim Sebastian bug” and show aggression where they should practise professional self-effacement. The most glaring and misleading “knowledge-gap” comes to the fore when discussing foreign policy. The most demeaning moment comes when the usually “warlike” anchor starts cowering before the clergy. If lack of knowledge of Islam leads to humility, why doesn’t humility also manifest itself when discussing foreign policy?
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\09\22\story_22-9-2007_pg3_1 |
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Music
CD shops blown up |
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Police said that unknown miscreants had planted two bombs, each weighing more than four kilograms in front of the Shaukat and Nasir CD centres near the Shinwari petrol pump, which exploded simultaneously at 2.30am. Police reached the spot immediately and found the shops destroyed. The bomb disposal squad confirmed that the bombs were home-made devices. Meanwhile, video shop owners of Shalimar Market announced that they would close their shops during Ramazan and also put up a large poster to convey the message to militants.
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/09/22/nat34.htm |
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Internet
ISPs’ protest drive against PTCL from 24th |
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The internet service provider companies across the country would be campaigning against PTCL from September 24, 2007 to protest increase in dial up internet tariff.
(News-9)
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Telecommunication
Agreement signed to check illegal telecom traffic |
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Pakistan Telecomm-unication Authority (PTA) Friday signed an agreement with Inbox Business Technologies to acquire and deploy Technical Solution for checking the menace of grey traffic brought into the country through illegal means. Speaking on the occasion, PTA Chairman Shahzada Alam Malik said that grey traffic is a menace in countries like Pakistan and a comprehensive strategy has been devised to check this illegal practice. He said that the project of Technical Solution is part of PTA’s efforts to curb illegal telecom traffic in the country. He said that after the deployment of the technology, the revenue loss would be eliminated thereby ensuring healthy revenues and a level-playing field for all players. Malik said the main objectives of the Technical Solution include automated detection of grey traffic for its elimination, revenue assurance for Long Distance International (LDI) operators and measurement of quality of service parameters of Internet Protocol traffic in the country. He said the government constituted a high-level committee which mandated PTA to acquire technical solution to detect and block all illegal traffic bypassing legitimate gateway exchanges. Inbox CEO Ghais Khan said that PTA has taken number of steps for the betterment of telecom industry in Pakistan and this is yet another step in the same direction. |
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\09\22\story_22-9-2007_pg5_8 |
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PTA orders action against blind SIM sellers |
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The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) has directed several cellular companies to terminate the registration of franchisees violating the instructions of the authority regarding issuance of connections. According to a statement issued on Friday, the direction had been issued to the chief executives of Ufone, Warid, Mobilink, Telenor and CM-Pak (Paktel). PTA Lahore zonal director Nayyar Hassan said that all cellular mobile telecoms operators (CMTOs) were obliged to verify the antecedents of a subscriber before selling of a SIM. According to details of Standard Operating Procedure issued by the PTA to all CMTOs and their franchisees, no SIM could be issued to anyone without the production of a national identity card, he said. |
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/09/22/nat46.htm |
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