Geo News faces apparent financial crunch, delays salaries
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 20 April 2015
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Geo News is experiencing a financial crunch, resulting in delayed salaries for its employees. The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists has set a deadline for payment and threatened protests.Summary
ISLAMABAD: Popular television channel Geo News is apparently facing a financial crunch and has not paid salaries to its staffers for two months, insiders say.
“Employees have been suffering badly as they have not been paid for the last two months,” a source said. “Technical and other lower staff have remained without salaries for three months.”
Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and National Press Club, Islamabad have given a deadline to the channel’s management to clear all outstanding dues of the staff by end of this month, and warned of starting protest against the channel if this was not done.
The journalist unions have also announced to ban Geo News and other news organizations that are not paying salaries to their staffers from covering various events.
The source said the Geo News management has promised to clear all outstanding dues by the first week of May. He said that employees of The News and Jang are getting paid on time.
KEY POINTS:
- Geo News staff have not received salaries for two months.
- Lower staff members have been unpaid for three months.
- Journalist unions demand payment by end of the month.
- Protests may occur if dues are not cleared by the management.
- Other news organizations continue to pay their employees on time.
