ISLAMABAD, July 10 (Online Int’l): The Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaisar has called for a report on the delay in payment of salaries to journalists and the firing on their peaceful protest.
Following the walk out of journalists from the National Assembly session Friday, the State Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan told the National Assembly that the journalists have staged a walk out from the press gallery due to a delay in disbursement of their salaries. This matter should be referred to the ministry of information, and the information minister Shibli Faraz be directed to take steps in this respect, he said.
He said that a few days back a firing incident had occurred and the journalists have expressed their concern over it as well. We support peaceful protest. A report should be summoned from the interior ministry on this matter so that the journalists’ community could be satisfied. We are with the journalists’ fraternity. Their problems should be sorted out.
The speaker while referring these two matters to the respective standing committees, directed them to present their report on this account.
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