24 News shuts down Peshawar bureau, sacks staff
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 19 June 2019
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24 News Television has shut down its Peshawar bureau and terminated around a dozen staff members. The affected employees received termination letters with a notice period of one month.Summary
PESHAWAR – 24 News Television has shut down its Peshawar bureau and terminated about a dozen employees.
The management has given a one-month notice to the staffers to pack up.
Those sacked include the bureau chief, a reporter, three camera operators, and some low-level staff.
A JournalismPakistan.com source says that the employees were handed the termination letters stating that they will cease to be the staff members from July 18.
The source says that only two employees not sacked have been told to work from home.
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KEY POINTS:
- 24 News shuts down its Peshawar bureau.
- About a dozen employees were terminated.
- Bureau chief and several media staff included in layoffs.
- Employees given notice to cease work by July 18.
- Two employees remain on the payroll to work from home.
