Senior journalist fighting for his salary passed away?

July 28, 2014 in City, Latest news Leave a comment

Lahore: Salim Ghayas a senior journalists of peshawar currently employed of Daily Pakistan of Mujeebur Rehman Shami breathed his last while praying in a mosque of his street at Peshawar. Today his namaze jenaza held and later buried in peshawar graveyard.

According to his colleague he died due to heart attack. His financial condition was very weak and lived in small house situated inside old city. According to his colleague, his organization did not pay salary to him and other staff regularly and dues duration was one year. Late salim pending amount was around 80 thousands and got only nine thousands before eid after lot of efforts.

He was father of four including to two sons and two girls.Salim ghayyas died in a very pathetic condition due to exploitation of media owner and he is not the first case.

Journalists have shown hope Khyber Union of Journalists and press club peshawar would not only raise the issue with owner and do something for his family as both have hefty amount.

After hearing this tragic news would Mujeeb ur Rehman Shani be celebrating eid ? a journalist commented after hearing the sad news of Saleem Gayas death.

The President PFUJ Rana Muhammad Azeem and Secretary General Amin Yousuf have condole the death of veteran journalist Salim Ghias in Peshawar who dies of cardiac failure.In a statement,the PFUJ leaders said we will make arrangements to help his family. Salim had been fighting for the salary from his organization Daily Pakistan. It is an alarming situation. We had been taking up this issue not only with the owners of the media houses but also with the government authorities to ensure the monthly salary of the working journalists. We had proposed to the Information Ministry to with held the payments of the media organizations and deduct the outstanding payments of the workers of those media houses.

We once again show full solidarity with the journalist community and demand the organizations to pay the arrears of the working journalists. PFUJ would definitely take this issue on priority and hold country wide protests after Eid before the media houses not paying regular monthly salaries and force them to not only pay salaries of the working journalists but also implement the wage board award positively.