Dawn journalist highlights plight of unpaid Nawa-e-Waqt staff

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published: 23 September 2019

Khaleeq Kiani has raised concerns over the ongoing unpaid salaries of Nawa-e-Waqt employees. Many workers are facing severe hardships as a result of not being paid for eight months.

Summary

ISLAMABAD — Khaleeq Kiani, who works for Dawn, has highlighted the plight of workers of Urdu daily Nawa-e-Waqt, saying they remain unpaid for the last eight months.

In a tweet in Urdu, Kiani said many employees of Nawa-e-Waqt have withdrawn their children from schools, and some have sent their wives and children back to their native villages. Kiani has also tagged the prime minister’s in his tweet.

The tweet also criticizes the owners, the supreme court, federal ministry of information and journalist organizations for not fulfilling the promises made to the journalists not getting salaries.

نوائے وقت گروپ کے ورکرز کو آٹھ ماہ کی تنخواہیں نہیں ملی ہیں ۔ گروپ مالکان سپریم کورٹ،وزارت اطلاعات اور صحافی تنظیموں سے ادائیگی کے وعدے وفا نہیں کرتے- ورکرز شدید مالی مشکلات کا شکار ہیں, بچے سکولوں سے اٹھوا رہے ہیں کچھ نے بیوی بچوں کو اپنے ابائی گاوں بھیج دیا ہے #PMImranKhan

— Khaleeq Kiani (@KhaleeqKiani) September 23, 2019

Earlier on August 28, Kiani shared a letter of the paper’s employees to its current owner, Rameeza Majid Nizami, Managing Director of Nawa-e-Waqt Group, imploring her to pay the outstanding salaries.

Late Hameed Nizami launched Nawa-e-Waqt on 23 March 1940.

KEY POINTS:

• Khaleeq Kiani highlights unpaid salaries of Nawa-e-Waqt staff.
• Employees have not been paid for eight months.
• Many have withdrawn their children from schools.
• Workers have sent families back to native villages.
• Criticism targeted at owners and government authorities.