Long-serving sub of The News to quit

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published: 22 November 2012

Ghulam Hussain has announced his resignation from The News after two decades of service. He cited ongoing low pay as his reason for leaving.

Summary

ISLAMABAD: Ghulam Hussain, a long-serving sub at The News, Rawalpindi is to quit after spending 21 years with the organization.

He told JournalismPakistan.com he had decided to resign because of continual low pay. However, he did not say where he was headed.

Hussain has had two stints with the newspaper after joining in 1991, the year when it first came out. He left in 1998 only to rejoin in 2000.

Previously he worked for NNI and KPI news agencies and is one of the founding members of Internews.
 

KEY POINTS:

• Ghulam Hussain served The News for 21 years.
• He initially joined in 1991 and rejoined in 2000.
• Hussain has a background with NNI and KPI news agencies.
• He is one of the founding members of Internews.
• His resignation is due to continual low pay.