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September 23, 2019
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In a tweet in Urdu, Kiani said many employees of Nawa-e-Waqt have withdrawn their children from schools, and some have sent their wives and children back to their native villages.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 Ú©Û’ ورکرز Ú©Ùˆ آٹھ Ù…Ø§Û Ú©ÛŒ تنخواÛیں Ù†Ûیں ملی Ûیں Û” گروپ مالکان سپریم کورٹ،وزارت اطلاعات اور صØاÙÛŒ تنظیموں سے ادائیگی Ú©Û’ وعدے ÙˆÙا Ù†Ûیں کرتے- ورکرز شدید مالی مشکلات کا شکار Ûیں, بچے سکولوں سے اٹھوا رÛÛ’ Ûیں Ú©Ú†Ú¾ Ù†Û’ بیوی بچوں Ú©Ùˆ اپنے ابائی گاوں بھیج دیا ÛÛ’ #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.
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