tailieunhanh - Between radicalisation and democratisation in an unfolding conflict: Media in Pakistan

Although international forces and the Afghan National Army continue to score tactical victories over the Taliban, the security situation has deteriorated in some areas in the south, and Taliban forces have expanded their operations into previously peaceful areas of the west and around Kabul. The Taliban-dominated insurgency has expanded in scope despite operational disruption caused by International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Operation Enduring Freedom operations. The death or capture of three top Taliban leaders last year—their first high level losses—does not yet appear to have significantly disrupted insurgent operations | Between radicalisation and democratisation in an unfolding conflict V edia in Pakistan REPORT International Media Support July 2009 Contents Contents Executive 1 2 Background on Pakistan socio-political Military rule and Regional dynamics Pakistan Afghanistan and the War on Social and ethnical texture of 3 Description of the media Dominant Media in Pakistan - historical Legal Media in Pakistan .20 Educational and training Journalists and media workers in 4 Major challenges for media related to the ongoing Safety challenges for Pakistani Media Information Quality of Pakistan and Afghanistan cross-border relations and 5 Safety and security for journalists and media Pakistani-Afghan media Information vacuum and media distortion in conflict Quality of 6 List of Media in Pakistan