Daily Express cuts jobs in Peshawar
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 8 January 2019
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The Express Media Group is continuing to reduce its workforce, with the latest layoffs occurring at Daily Express in Peshawar. This follows a trend of job losses across various outlets of the group.Summary
PESHAWAR – The Express Media Group continues to lay off staff, the latest terminations happening at Daily Express in Peshawar.
An insider tells JournalismPakistan.com that the Urdu language newspaper has fired its news editor and four sub-editors.
Earlier in November, the management had asked two reporters to leave with now only three left.
The Express Group last week shut down its English language television channel Tribune 24-7 rendering over a 100 employees jobless.
The group also has continually laid off staff at The Express Tribune at its different centers. In November, the English-language daily sacked the last remaining members of its reporting team in Peshawar.
KEY POINTS:
- Daily Express terminates news editor and four sub-editors in Peshawar.
- Two reporters were let go in November, leaving only three staff members.
- Express Media Group recently shut down its English channel, Tribune 24-7.
- The Express Tribune has also seen multiple layoffs across its centers.
- Peshawar's reporting team was completely dissolved in November.
