{"id":7774,"date":"2019-03-18T16:15:17","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T11:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pakistanpressfoundation.org\/?p=94569"},"modified":"2019-03-18T16:15:17","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T11:15:17","slug":"journalists-hold-token-hunger-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pakistanfoemonitor.org\/journalists-hold-token-hunger-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalists hold token hunger strike"},"content":{"rendered":"
HYDERABAD: Office-bearers of the Hyderabad Union of Journalists (HUJ) (Dastoori group) staged a token hunger strike on Sunday against sacking of journalists and other technical staff from electronic and print media organisations and forced reduction in their salaries and other facilities.<\/p>\n
They demanded immediate reinstatement of all sac\u00adked journalists and media workers. The also called for stopping such cruel actions against media workers.<\/p>\n
They set up the camp outside the press club where they shouted slogans against injustices and unjust policies of media houses.<\/p>\n
Political and religious leaders expressed solidarity with the protesting media workers by visiting their camp.<\/p>\n
HUJ president Abdul Hafiz Abid, general secretary Tajamul Hussain and vice president Sajid Ali Khan led the protest.<\/p>\n