Financial crunch: DawnNews lays off analyst Nusrat Javeed
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 4 November 2018
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Nusrat Javeed has been laid off from DawnNews amid ongoing staff reductions due to financial issues. His program, Bol Bol Pakistan, is now canceled.Summary
ISLAMABAD – DawnNews Television has continued its round of layoffs, with senior journalist and analyst Nusrat Javeed (pictured) the latest to be affected.
Sources told JournalismPakistan that management informed Javeed his program Bol Bol Pakistan would be taken off air and that he would be given a one-month notice.
However, insiders said Javeed declined the notice period and chose to leave immediately.
The channel is understood to be cutting jobs due to financial difficulties.
Bol Bol Pakistan, which aired Monday through Thursday, is unlikely to return at the start of the new week. Javeed co-hosted the show with Gulmeenay Sethi.
Last month, DawnNews issued termination notices to two other presenters along with members of their production teams.
The notices were served on anchor Baqir Sajjad Syed, co-host of 2 Raaye, and Jawad Ahmed Siddiqi, host of Dusra Rukh.
Javeed joined DawnNews in 2016 from Aaj News. His journalism career began in 1975, with experience at leading English-language newspapers.
He later moved into broadcast media with Bolta Pakistan on Aaj TV and went on to host Dunya Meray Agay on Dunya News.
In January 2015, he joined BOL News as executive vice president and senior anchorperson. After the channel failed to launch, he returned to Aaj News before moving to DawnNews in March 2016.
The cancellation of Bol Bol Pakistan is expected to result in the departure of staff associated with the program.
Key Points
- Nusrat Javeed laid off from DawnNews amid financial difficulties
- His program Bol Bol Pakistan is taken off the air
- Management is issuing job cuts related to the financial crunch
- Previous layoffs included other presenters and team members
- Javeed has had a long career in journalism since 1975
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