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Pakistan Media Mirror |
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Media Mirror: 06-10-2007 |
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Attack on Media
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Journalists’ entry in PA banned today |
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The Punjab Assembly has banned the entry of media men into the assembly premises for the coverage of the presidential election while issuing passes to the selecte few today (Saturday). The chief security officer of the Punjab assembly on Friday told AFP that the teams of electronic and print media would not be allowed to enter into the Punjab assembly premises for coverage of the presidential polls, adding that only the BBC and CNN and APP and the PTV have been allowed for the coverage. "Section 144 Cr PC has been imposed in the area of the Punjab assembly by the district administration. The returning officer, the Chief Justice Lahore High Court, has cancelled all security passes and after this the journalist community will not be in a position to cover the presidential election", said an official of the Punjab assembly on condition of anonymity. The office bearers of the Punjab assembly press gallery committee have condemned the restriction.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/Arc_Fb_ShortNews.aspx?fbshortid=2342&fcatid=14&date=10/06/2007&bcatid=14&bstatus=Archive |
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Media Protest
Journalists stage protest rally |
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Journalists staged protest rally on Friday in Khusdar town against police failure to recover Riaz Mengal, the Vice President of Khusdar press club and representative of a local newspaper who was abducted by unknown armed men. Journalists said he was abducted by car thieves who were operative in the area with convince of police. They said that few of them were nominated in the fir, but police has failed to arrest them.
(Nation-5)
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PUJ slams EC’s decision |
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The Punjab Union of Journalists’ office bearers while condemning the election commission’s decision for not allowing the national media to cover presidential election have termed it against the freedom of expression and press laws. It was strange that EC allowed international and state official media to cover mega event of presidential polls but did not allow local private media that had always guided the government at all important issues. They demanded the EC to allow national media for covering presidential polls.
(Nation-8)
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Rally expresses solidarity with journalists, lawyers |
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Former federal minister Jay Salik Friday organised a rally to express solidarity with media personnel and activists of civil society. The participants condemned the brutal use of force against mediapersons by law enforcers. Addressing a gathering of over 500 people from different walks of life, Jay Salik said violence on journalists and lawyers was a dastardly act, which proved the state belligerence toward media.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/Arc_IsbNews.aspx?dtlid=121988&catid=17&date=10/06/2007&fcatid=14 |
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Media Miscellaneous
Media enjoying unprecedented freedom’ |
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Railway Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad said on Friday the Pakistani media was now enjoying unprecedented freedom, whereas in the past even prominent media personalities had been subjected to severe harassment. Speaking on Geo TV’s “Presidential Election-The Great Debate” programme, he cited the example of Najam Sethi being kidnapped and Maliha Lodhi being threatened frequently in the past. “Gen Musharraf didn’t kidnap Najam Sethi ... and didn’t threaten Maliha Lodhi,” he said. Ahmad said the media had been freely criticising Musharraf while he was still in uniform, adding that he suspected the independent media might push a civilian President Musharraf to the wall with the force and influence it was enjoying. Former minister and human rights activist Syed Iqbal Haider rejected Ahmad’s statement that the present government had given the media freedom. He said the Pakistani media snatched its freedom with constant struggle and many sacrifices. Haider said the number of TV channels and newspapers had increased but the government’s advertisement policy was still the same. Government advertisements were being issued in exchange for favours from newspapers, he said. |
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\10\06\story_6-10-2007_pg7_36 |
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Electronic media takes toll of old book business |
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With the advent of new technology advancements and flourishing electronic media the reading habits had badly declined and so once the booming trade of old books sellers is now not in good shape and they can hardly earn a meager amount to run business.
(Nation-14)
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APP pensioners appeal to PM |
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Associated Press of Pakistan a state owned news agency pensioners have appealed to prime ministers and the ministers for information and broadcasting to ensure payments of increments in pension well before Eid. The pensioners pointed out that government started granting increments from 2002 and APP has not paid the increments for even a single year.
(Nation-14)
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Advertising
Billboards – a constant threat to people’s lives |
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Huge billboards continue to pose immense threat to residents' lives in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi despite tall claims by the District Municipal Administration (DMA) and City District Government Rawalpindi (CDGR) of launching a mass campaign against such hoardings.
(Nation-15)
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Copyrights
HEC’s policy on plagiarism |
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Siraj Panhwar “This refers to your editorial, ‘HEC’s plagiarism policy’ (Sept 29). Indeed, plagiarism and intellectual theft are outcome of corrupt and lopsided educational system. The HEC’s plagiarism policy augurs well. But there should be a law to address the issue of plagiarism. A criminal proceeding should be started against a plagiarist. Besides, it should be noticed by policymakers that a majority of students of primary, middle, higher and even of university learn by rote. They mug up the text rather than comprehended. This trend of learning leads to plagiarism and destroys creativity in students. It should be discouraged by teachers and others concerned. For this, professional trainings for teachers is must.
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/10/06/letted.htm#9 |
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Pirated software causes millions in losses |
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Despite all the efforts made to prevent the illegal copying of registered software, the piracy business is still in full swing. It is also believed that all measures taken against the people involved in such activities are not enough to take care of the problem and the government and other stakeholders should play a strong role in helping the Information Industry (IT) in Pakistan, particularly Karachi—the IT hub. A study conducted by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) revealed that software piracy is already widespread in Pakistan with a growing rate of 86 per cent. Sadly, people are unaware that piracy threatens the very existence of the software industry. According to the study, the global software industry suffered a loss of $39.58 billion from piracy in 2006, while Pakistan lost $143 million in the same year. The BSA is an alliance of the software industry and its hardware partners, who share the common goal of reducing software piracy across the globe. A study also disclosed that Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Reader, AutoCAD, Macromedia Dreamweaver are among the most popular pirated software. Recently, the local police arrested a dealer and retained some 259 CDs from his possession. All of them were illegal copies of registered and well-recognised software. Along with the pirated material, the police also seized a copying machine and a personal computer with unlicensed software installed in it.
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/arc_news.asp?id=4 |
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