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Wage Board to record evidence

ISLAMABAD- A meeting of the Seventh Wage Board for working journalists, newspapers and news agencies employees was held under the chairmanship of Justice Afrasiab Khattak.

According to an official press release all the issues concerning the finalization of Seventh Wage Board Award were discussed in detail. It was decided that the Board will record the evidences of newspaper employees and employers. In this regard the Chairman and members of the Wage Board will visit different newspapers centers throughout the country.

Representatives of newspaper employees in the Board appreciated the approval of the summary for the extension of the Board‘s period.

The members of the newspapers employees attended the meeting while representatives of newspaper owners were absent.

Apart from high officials of the Ministry of Labour, Manpower & Overseas Pakistanis Chairman, All Pakistan Newspaper Employees Confederation (APNEC) Mr. Abdul Hameed Chhapra, president Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Mr. I.H. Rashed and Secretary General, APNEC Mr. Pervez Shaukat, and Mr. Abdullah Jan attended the meeting.

Source: Dawn
Date:7/1/2001