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Friday, May 09, 2008
‘Mobile TV can bring change to FATA’
PESHAWAR: Mobile TV could support democracy and serve as a window to the world in FATA, says a Peshawar University report on communication strategies to counter militancy in Tribal Areas. The report highlights TV’s role in “strengthening ... dialogue on social and political issues,” and contends problems related to conventional transmission make broadcasting on mobile phones a viable solution in FATA. TV plays a positive role in increasing consumerism and “initiating dreams for better lifestyles through importing images from other developed parts of the world”, says the report, adding that it can develop political consciousness in communities fairly quickly. Two service providers offer mobile TV in Pakistan, but not in FATA. The US is interested in FATA’s media-development and has committed $750 million for the purpose.iqbal khattak
Courtesy Daily Times