Government stands with journalists community: Information Minister

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Islamabad Dec 11(APP): Today in National Assembly Session Journalists staged a walk out from the press gallery over the issue of nonpayment of salaries by the media outlets.

Talking to them, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said we stand with the journalists community. He said 460 million rupees have been released by the Federal and Punjab governments to the media outlets to protect the jobs of media workers. He said we are also framing a new advertising policy.

While taking in National Assembly, Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry expressed the concerns over the downsizing in the media outlets. He assured that the government stands by the media workers and protect their rights.

He said the advertising related liabilities on the government are to the tune of 1.3 billion rupees.

He said we are in the process of releasing the amount in phases in order to provide relief to the journalists.

Responding to the points raised by Ajmal Khan on the problems faced by farmers, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhary said the present government is giving priority to the uplift of agriculture sector.

He said the sector is also being made part of multi billion dollars China Pakistan Economic Corridor project.

 

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