Islamabad (Pak PRwire): The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists:- Supreme Body – FEC alleged that the government machinery, which is responsible for ensuring implementation of the labour laws, including the functionaries of Employees Old-Age Benefits Institution, Workers Welfare Fund, Labour Department and Employees Social Security Institution, Workers Education Boards and Security Exchange of Pakistan never bother to visit the media houses premises for making inspections pertaining to the implementation of the labour and company laws considering them as no-go areas fearing that if they lawfully discharge their duties, the media owners would bounce back and would start exposing their misdeeds.
In such a backdrop, when print and electronic media owners through underhand deals provide protection to each other, one can imagine how the newspaper employees are being forced to work without their due rights and forego a number of facilities available in various labour laws.
MEDIA HOUSES TURNED INTO CHAMBERS OF TORTURE
The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists:- Supreme Body – FEC noted with concern that the media houses and electronic channels and news agencies premises have virtually been turned into chambers of torture for their employees owing to exploitation of rampant unemployment prevailing in the country and the capacity of the media channels, as well as print media owners to play with the nerves of the government in power, political parties, industrialists, investors and even intelligentsia, civil society, and even judiciary which affrayed from the mighty wrath of the print and electronic media owners.
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Shamsul Islam Naz
Secretary General
PAKISTAN FEDERAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS
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Islamabad, Pakistan.
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