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Unlicensed religious channels on, licensed Geo off: Javed Jabbar

Media Commission report launched…Says electronic media faces vacuum; speakers say those celebrating damage to Jang Group can also face the same; journalists being deprived of their livelihood; citizens enjoy media rights; more professionalism, strengthened institutional framework required LAHORE: The launching of a report prepared by the Media Commission appointed by the Supreme Court on reforms in media sector was held on Tuesday at a local hotel. Former federal information minister Javed Jabbar and notable personalities including IA Rehman, Dr Mughees-ud-Din Sheikh, Dr Nosheena Saleem, Yasmeen Aftab, Salman Abid and Sidra Saeed participated in the programme. Jabbar – a member of

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An extensive list of proposals by the media commission

KARACHI: The launch of the media commission’s report at a local hotel here on Tuesday assumed considerable significance particularly due to the current debate over the stand-off between a media group and the intelligence services and an intense competition among various media groups to outdo each other in the ratings war. The report was introduced by Javed Jabbar who began the presentation by delving into the reasons for the origins of the commission. “In January 2013 Hamid Mir and Absar Alam filed petitions in the apex court in which they wanted the court to look into the allegations of being

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State-run TV urged to set example for private TV channels

Islamabad: Participants including MNA and Chairperson of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting Marvi Memon have urged the state-run Pakistan Television to take the lead and set example before private TV channels regarding “what to show and what not to show.” They were speaking the launch of the printed version of “Report and Recommendations by the Media Commission appointed by the Supreme Court of Pakistan on the reforms of the media sector January-June, 2013.” Justice (R) Nasir Aslam Zahid and former Information Minister Javed Jabbar have compiled the 367-page eport. Senator Pervaiz Rashid Federal Information and Broadcasting

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Experts discuss pros and cons of media’s role in society

LAHORE: The participants of a ‘Roundtable Consultations on Supreme Court Media Commission Report’ critically reviewed nine major issues of mass media in Pakistani society in frame of SC terms of references (ToRs), with their written endorsement, rejection or modifications during careful review of the recommendations given in the report to deal with the issues. The event was jointly organised by the Citizen Initiative on Media Issues (CIMI), Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) and Punjab University Institute of Communication Studies (ICS) at local hotel here on Wednesday. SC Media Commission member and former information minister Javed Jabbar, renowned human rights activists Hussain Naqi, PU

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Responsible journalism: Media needs an ombudsman to regulate controversial content says Jabbar

By: Manzoor Ali PESHAWAR: A former federal minister has suggested that an ombudsman should be appointed for the media to regulate the coverage of objectionable content. Former federal minister for information and member of the commission, Javed Jabbar was the lead speaker at a roundtable conference at which NGOs and the academia reviewed recommendations of the media commission appointed by the Supreme Court (SC). The seminar at the Peshawar Press Club on Wednesday. He briefed participants about the scope, purpose and work done by the commission. The commission was tasked by the SC to prepare a report based on nine

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Code of Ethics – Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE)

The Code of Ethics of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE): 1. The Press shall avoid biased reporting or publication of unverified material, and avoid the expression of comments and conjecture as established fact. Generalization based on the behavior of an individual or small number of individuals will be termed unethical. 2. The Press while publishing findings of opinion polls and surveys shall indicate the number of people, geographical area on which the polls and surveys were conducted and the identity of poll sponsor. 3. Any kind of privilege or inducement, financial or otherwise, which is likely to create

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State media were heavily lop-sided in favor of the Government

For example, except for brief and notable exceptions in 1970, 1988-89, 1993 (during a Caretaker Government tenure) 1996-1997 (once again during a Caretaker Government tenure) when these three State media entities maintained a reasonable balance to provide coverage to all major political viewpoints in the country, the news bulletins of PBC and PTV and the news reports provided by APP to media in general were heavily lop-sided in favor of the Government-of-the-day.

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Ethical do’s and don’ts for media discussed

Karachi: A daylong workshop on media ethics was organised by the Department of Mass Communication and Media Studies, Greenwich University. An official of the institution said on Monday that its objective was to highlight the ethical practices required for both news and entertainment and to discuss ‘unethical practices’ in today’s media industry of the country. Former federal minister, Javed Jabbar, who was the chief guest for the event, stated that the media has a very strong impact on the society and it has to be seen in the context of ethics.Ethics are fixed body of basic fundamental principles which don’t

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Participants of moot review recommendations of Media Commission

Experts of civil society, owners of private TV channels, representatives of associations of electronic and print media and advertisers, teachers and students of Mass-communication Department University of Karachi and others have reviewed the recommendations of Media Commission appointed by Supreme Court of Pakistan. This review was held at a roundtable event jointly organised by Citizens’ Initiatives on Media Issues (CIMI), and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) in collaboration with Department of Mass-Communications, University of Karachi here at a local hotel on Monday. Philipp Kauppert, Resident Director, FES, Pakistan said that media of Pakistan is developing day-by-day, but it needs some reforms. He said

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Misuse of powers to control advertising and secret funds

One proprietor of a major media house stated that Government misused its powers on control of advertising and of secret funds to conduct character assassination of individuals such as himself and of his media group because of the independent policies of his group and candid criticism of Governmental corruption, miss-governance and nepotism. He said that despite the fact that his media group paid the highest levels of tax to the public exchequer, unfounded and exaggerated claims were filed by Government entities against his media group in order to harass him and his associates and to defame names and reputations as

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Hostility against independent journalism and editorial policy

They ascribe the reason for such hostility against them by the Government to their independent journalism and editorial policy in both print media and broadcast media. They stated that their media was often deprived of their fair share of Government-controlled advertising due to their refusal to toe the line of the Government-of-the-day including particularly the Federal Government in office from 2008-2013. Though, on the face of it, this Government tolerated extreme and harsh criticism of its policies and leaders by the media, in actual practice, in several instances, Government took actions to reduce allocations of Government advertising in disproportion to

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Media houses have been systematically discriminated

Senior representatives of major media houses conveyed to the Commission in person that, notwithstanding a written policy and procedure aiming for merit-based allocation of Government advertising and notwithstanding claims made in speeches and statements made by public office holders of the Government of the day at the Federal and the Provincial level, they have been systematically discriminated against and, de facto, persecuted.

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