ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday said that Prime Minister Imran Khan had given clear directions to resolve the issues faced by journalists on a priority basis.
Addressing protesting journalists in front of the Parliament House, the minister said that the government would extend its all possible support to journalists. He said that all of the pending dues of media organisations which were accumulated during the previous governments and were used for the campaign against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) sit-in should have been paid in the past.
He said that the government had assured that 50 per cent of dues would be released to the media organisations, adding that despite the government’s assurance and payments, media houses were continuously sacking journalists. He also said that the government was a client of advertising agencies and it was not the source of problems for the journalists.
The minister assured the journalists that he would discuss their issues with principal information officer and secretary information. The minister said that media workers were assets of the society and the government wanted to help them out. He also asked the protesting journalists to provide a list of journalists terminated from jobs by various media organisations.
The protest was organised by media organizations PFUJ, RIUJ, APNEC, MWO against downsizing in different media houses and lack of job security.
