AJK government links adverts to payment of wages to media workers
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 30 May 2017
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The Azad Jammu and Kashmir government has mandated that media houses must pay wages to employees to receive advertisements. This initiative, approved by the president, is led by Minister Mushtaq Minhas.Summary
ISLAMABAD – The Azad Jammu and Kashmir government has linked allocation of advertisements by its Information Department to the payment of wages by media houses to their employees.
A notification issued Tuesday said the president of Azad Kashmir had given his approval in this regard.
Afzal Butt, President of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) praised Mushtaq Minhas (pictured), Minister for information, Tourism and Information Technology in Azad Kashmir for this journalist-friendly step. “When you were a journalist leader, you stood up to a dictator; helped establish the national press club and media town in Islamabad,” Butt said.
Not long ago, Minhas was a popular journalist but quit his career to join Pakistan Muslim League-N.
Image: Twitter @mushtaqminhas
Key Points
- AJK government links ads to wage payments
- Notification issued by AJK Information Department
- Mushtaq Minhas praised for the initiative
- Afzal Butt of PFUJ supports the decision
- Move aims to support media workers' rights
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