Dawn scribe says PTI responsible for rendering journalists jobless

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published: 1 February 2019

ISLAMABAD - Asad Malik, a reporter with Dawn, on Friday held the PTI government responsible for making more than 10000 journalists jobless.

In a tweet in Urdu, he criticized the government’s promise of creating 10 million jobs. He added that in only six months nearly 10000 workers in the media industry had lost their jobs.

He also maintained that because of the “government’s anti-media measures” hundreds of workers have witnessed cuts in their incomes.

ایک کروڑ نوکریوں کا جھانسا دلا کر حکومت لینے والوں کے پہلے چھ ماہ میں صرف میڈیا انڈسٹری سے قریبا 10 ہزار افراد کے روزگار چھن گئے اور حکومت کے میڈیا مخالف اقدامات کی وجہ سے سینکڑوں افراد کی ماہانہ اجرت میں خاطرخواہ کمی بھی ہوئی

— Asad Malik (@asadrp) January 31, 2019

The Dawn Media Group, publishers of Dawn newspaper and monthly Herald, announced on Wednesday its decision to impose a 40 percent cut on staff salaries because of falling advertising revenue and an increase in operational costs.

On the other hand, presenter Asma Sherazi lamented that journalists raise voice for everyone, but today there is no one to highlight their plight before “exploiting” media owners.

صحافی ہر مظلوم کی آواز ہیں لیکن اُن کے لئے آواز اٹھانے والا اور استحصالی سیٹھوں سے لڑنے والا کوئی نہیں۔ صحافیوں کے گھروں کے چولہے بند کرنے والوں کا احتساب کون کرے گا ؟

— Asma Shirazi (@asmashirazi) February 1, 2019

In her Urdu tweet, she asks, “who will hold accountable the people responsible for extinguishing hearths in journalists’ homes.”