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All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS) ends boycott of 7th Wage Board

PESHAWAR- The representatives of All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS) have ended their boycott of Seventh Wage Board Award and attended the board meeting at Federal Lodge.

The meeting, fourth in number, held discussions over grant of interim relief to the newspaper industry workers. Chairman of the Wage Board, Justice Raja Afrasyab later adjourned the meeting.

Representatives of newspaper owners who attended the meeting are president of APNS, Mir Shakeel-ur-Rehman, president of Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editor (CPNE), Arif Nizarni and Syed Faseeh lqbal of Daily Balochistan Times.

Other hoard members who participated, are president of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), I.H. Rashid, Secretary General All Pakistan Newspaper Employees Confederation (APNEC), Pervez Shaukat, Senior Assistant Secretary General PFUJ, Abdullah Jan and Ex. President Balochistan Union of Journalist, Majid Fouz.
Source: Business Recorder
Date:11/14/2000