PFUJ calls for end to Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists
November 02, 2025: PFUJ urges Pakistan’s federal and provincial governments to end Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists and ensure their safety and press freedom.
JournalismPakistan.com | Published 5 months ago | JP Staff Report
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ISLAMABAD — The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has strongly condemned what it called a "brutal and inhuman" decision by the Jang Group administration to terminate the services of 80 media workers from Daily Jang Rawalpindi. The PFUJ described the move as an “economic massacre” and has demanded immediate action.
In a joint statement, PFUJ Acting President Khalid Khokhar and Secretary General Arshad Ansari said: “The Jang administration’s actions are a blatant violation of fundamental human rights. Instead of implementing the ITNE’s orders to regularize 80 employees under the wage award, they chose to dismiss them. This is complete abuse and injustice.”
The PFUJ criticized media houses that receive billions of rupees in government advertisements but continue to fire employees and delay salary payments.
“April salaries remain unpaid, and the management’s decision to retrench scores of employees without justification is callous and unacceptable,” the statement added.
The union has called for urgent attention to the matter and warned that if the dismissed workers are not reinstated, it will launch a full-scale, countrywide protest campaign.
The PFUJ vowed not to stay silent as media workers are “brutalized and exploited,” pledging to fight tirelessly for their rights and ensure that justice is served. “We will not stand idly. The PFUJ will continue to stand up for journalists and demand justice for all media workers treated unjustly,” the union stated.
اسلام آباد — پاکستان فیڈرل یونین آف جرنلسٹس (پی ایف یو جے) نے روزنامہ جنگ راولپنڈی سے 80 میڈیا ورکرز کی برطرفی کے فیصلے کو "ظالمانہ اور غیر انسانی" قرار دیتے ہوئے شدید احتجاج کیا ہے۔ یونین نے اس اقدام کو "معاشی قتل عام" قرار دیتے ہوئے سخت ترین الفاظ میں مذمت کی ہے۔
پی ایف یو جے کے قائم مقام صدر خالد کھوکھر اور سیکریٹری جنرل ارشد انصاری نے مشترکہ بیان میں کہا: "جنگ انتظامیہ کا یہ اقدام بنیادی انسانی حقوق کی صریح خلاف ورزی ہے۔ آئی ٹی این ای کے احکامات پر عملدرآمد کرتے ہوئے 80 ملازمین کو مستقل کرنے کی بجائے انہیں برطرف کر دیا گیا، جو سراسر ناانصافی ہے۔"
بیان میں مزید کہا گیا کہ "میڈیا ہاؤسز اربوں روپے کے اشتہارات تو لیتے ہیں مگر ملازمین کو برطرف کر کے، اور ان کی تنخواہیں روک کر بدترین استحصال کر رہے ہیں۔ اپریل کی تنخواہیں اب تک ادا نہیں کی گئیں، اور بغیر کسی جواز کے درجنوں ملازمین کو نکال دینا انتہائی بے حسی کا مظہر ہے۔"
پی ایف یو جے نے مطالبہ کیا کہ انتظامیہ کے اس آمرانہ رویے کا سخت نوٹس لیا جائے، اور خبردار کیا کہ اگر برطرف ملازمین کو بحال نہ کیا گیا تو ملک گیر احتجاج شروع کیا جائے گا۔
تنظیم نے برطرف کارکنوں کے ساتھ مکمل یکجہتی کا اظہار کیا اور پی ایف یو جے کی قیادت سے مطالبہ کیا کہ ملک بھر میں جنگ دفاتر کے سامنے مظاہروں کا شیڈول جاری کیا جائے۔
"ہم یہ ظلم برداشت نہیں کریں گے۔ پی ایف یو جے اپنے ممبران کے حقوق کے لیے ہر حد تک جائے گی اور برطرف ملازمین کو انصاف دلانے کی بھرپور جدوجہد کرے گی۔"
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