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Media and Communications : Pakistan

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Pakistan: News & Videos About Pakistan  (http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/pakistan/)
CNN (Cable News Network) presents a section dedicated to the latest news and videos on Pakistan.

Country Profile: Pakistan  (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/country_profiles/1157960.stm)
Run by the British Broadcasting Corporation, this web page provides basic information about Pakistan including its population, exports, religion, leaders, and media.

Dawn  (http://www.dawn.com/)
Online edition of the largest-circulation English newspaper in Pakistan.

Internet Movie Database: Pakistan  (http://indie.imdb.com/Sections/Countries/Pakistan/)
Your IMDb guide for Pakistan. This area contains a list of interesting reports based around the 284 titles in the IMDb from Pakistan (including international co-productions). In English.

Media Resources Center: South and East Asia and Oceania Studies  (http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/SSEAsiaVid2.html)
Web site of the Center, with descriptions of its collections and a number of online resources. Includes bibliographic and directory information and links to other Internet resources on visual and audible media, with emphasis on film and video. This page includes Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Burma, South Asia and Oceania.

Nation  (http://www.nation.com.pk/)
Online version of a major newspaper.

News Network International  (http://www.onlinenews.com.pk/)
News agency owned and maintained by the News Network International is updated daily. Presents headlines of national and international political, business, science, sports and entertainment news. Offers links to major on-line newspapers in Pakistan. Archives section not functioning when reviewed.

Pak Avenue  (http://pakavenue.com/)
Pakistan Information Networks presents a collection of Web sites related to Pakistan. The sites cover Pakistani art and entertainment, news and media, Islam, society and culture, sports and recreation, government and politics, health and medicine, education, cities of Pakistan, and science and technology.

Pakistan  (http://www.pak.org/)
Pak.org presents an online news service about Pakistan. Categories include arts, entertainment, business, economy, computers, the government, education, the media, organizations, history, geography, and more.

Pakistan 2001  (http://workmall.com/wfb2001/pakistan/)
Photius Coutsoukis provides a 2001 country profile of Pakistan. The profile includes information about the geography, population, economy, government, leaders, military, transportation, communications, and international issues of the country. This information was obtained from the 2001 U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) World Factbook. Links to Web sites that offer maps and images of the flag of the country are available.

Pakistan Economist  (http://www.pakistaneconomist.com)
Online version of a major journal on economics.

Pakistan Link  (http://www.pakistanlink.com/)
Online version of a Pakistani-American weekly newspaper from California.

Sindh Network  (http://sindh.net/)
The Sindh Network offers a collection of Internet resources related to Sindh, a province of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The network highlights information about academics, the arts, faiths, the media, computers, business, culture, entertainment, employment, and more.

South Asian Media Net  (http://www.southasianmedia.net/index)
This is an online news magazine and you can link to news stories organized by subject area and by country. The site is also a portal to South Asian Journal, a quarterly magazine of South Asian journalists and scholars.

Voice of America: Urdu  (http://www.voanews.com/urdu/)
Online Urdu language radio service of the Voice of America.

 

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  September 19, 2005

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