{"id":8308,"date":"2020-01-09T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pakistanpressfoundation.org\/?p=97504"},"modified":"2020-01-09T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T10:00:00","slug":"in-balochistan-journalists-to-protest-against-lay-offs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanfoemonitor.org\/in-balochistan-journalists-to-protest-against-lay-offs\/","title":{"rendered":"In Balochistan, journalists to protest against lay-offs"},"content":{"rendered":"
QUETTA:The journalist community of Balochistan has announced to\u00a0launch\u00a0protests against the dismissal of media workers in the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cProtest camps will be set up in front of the provincial assemblies across the country, while a demonstration will be held on February 12 in front of the parliament during the assembly session,\u201d said Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) President Shahzada Zulfiqar Ahmadzai.<\/p>\n
Ahmadzai made these remarks while addressing a protest of the PFUJ in front of the Quetta Press Club on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
He was accompanied by Balochistan Union of Journalists President Ayub Tareen, Quetta Press Club President Reza Rahman and other journalists.<\/p>\n
Ahmadzai said that the PFUJ had submitted a five-point charter of demand which included stopping the series of lay-offs of media workers and journalists from the print and electronic media during the past one year.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe federal union of journalists has always stood for the rights of journalists, ensuring the freedom of journalism. The five-point charter of demand for journalists should be ensured\u00a0for immediate implementation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n