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Press Statement Pakistan: Senate passes ‘Press Council Bill 2020’ and ‘PEMRA ordinance’28 Aug, 2020 Pakistan’s senate standing committee on information and broadcasting passed amendments on August 26 to the Press Council of Pakistan Bill (2020) and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority ‘ordinance’. The amendments opens up the chairperson role of the press council to journalists, while the ordinance takes stronger focus on labour contracts in media houses. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalist (PFUJ) call on Pakistan’s authorities to ensure that media rights are not breached in the name of resolving labour issues. The Press Council of Pakistan Amendment Bill 2020, introduced by Pakistani Muslim League (Nawaz) senator Javed Abbasi, effectively abolishes a provision requiring the appointment of a retired Supreme Court judge as chairperson of the council and opens it up for journalists, lawyers or retired judges of any court. The amendment also provides that the maximum age limit of the chairperson as 60 years. The approved amendments in the PEMRA ordinance now empowers the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) to enforce and ensure the employment contract between the media house and media workers, including journalists. Under Section 30 of the PEMRA ordinance, the PEMRA is empowered to monitor the employment status of journalists and media workers in TV channels and take necessary actions for breaches. Pakistan has faced ongoing negative focus on labour rights in the country’s media, given the country’s high number of journalist deaths due to stress-related issues connected to non-payment of salaries, widespread media sackings and other labour issues that have plagued the industry for several years. The new PEMRA ordinance is now expected to tackle a well-catalogued list of labour issues in Pakistan’s media such as employment without contract, illegal sackings, leave without pay and partial salary payments. PFUJ secretary general, Rana Muhammad Azeem, said: “We welcome these amendments and hope it helps to resolve the issues of contract and salaries of the media workers in the electronic media.” The IFJ said: “The IFJ and the PFUJ have strongly campaigned on the dire labour situation facing media workers in Pakistan and welcome a focus to labour rights in the country’s media industry. However, given PEMRA’s history of encroaching the spirit of free press and freedom of expression, the IFJ seeks strong assurances from PEMRA will not breach media rights in taking on this role.” Written By The IFJ represents more than 600,000 journalists in 140 countries. For further information contact IFJ Asia-Pacific on +61 2 9333 0946 Find the IFJ on Twitter: @ifjasiapacific Find the IFJ on Facebook: www.facebook.com/IFJAsiaPacific Comments Resources - Media Freedom in Sri Lanka- 2020 09/24/2021 Download - Chasing Justice : Study on impunity for crimes against journalists in Maldives 08/22/2021 Download - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, August 2021 08/18/2021 Download
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Press Statement पत्रिकाको कार्यालय नियन्त्रणमा लिएको घटनाको महासंघद्वारा भर्त्सना21 Feb, 2016 नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघका सभासद् एवं प्रेस काउन्सिल नेपालका सदस्य मनऋषि धिताल सम्पादक÷प्रकाश रहेका तथां महासंघका केन्द्रीय सदस्य सरिता ढकाल सञ्चालक रहनुभएकी ‘जनादेश साप्ताहिक’ को कार्यालयमा रहेको कम्प्यूटरलगायतका सामग्री कब्जा गरिएको घटनाप्रति नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघको गम्भीर ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ । सम्पादक धिताल र सञ्चालक ढकालका अनुसार केही दिनअघि अधिवक्ता खिमलाल देवकोटाले ‘नयाँ शक्तिको’ प्रचार–प्रसार कार्यालय सञ्चालन गर्न भन्दै संखमुलस्थित साप्ताहिकको कार्यालयमा प्रवेश गरी कम्प्यूटरलगायत महत्वपूर्ण कागजात र कार्यालयको साँचोसमेत कब्जामा लिई कार्यालय नियन्त्रणमा लिइएको छ । महासंघ जनादेश साप्ताहिक सञ्चालनमाथि गरेको नियन्त्रणकारी शैलीलाई प्रेस तथा अभिव्यक्ति स्वतन्त्रतामाथिको गम्भीर हस्तक्षेप भएको ठहर गर्दै घटनाको घोर भर्त्सना गर्दछ । नियन्त्रण गरिएका सम्पूर्ण सामग्री फिर्ता गरी प्रेसको संवैधानिक अधिकारलाई सम्मान गर्न महासंघ सम्बन्धित पक्षको गम्भीर ध्यानाकर्षण गराउँदछ । Written By Federation of Nepali Journalists Media Village, Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal Telephone: +977 01 449 0063/ 493 873/ 447 8235 Comments Resources - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, November 2022 11/15/2022 Download - GENDER DISPARITY IN PAKISTANI MEDIA-2022 11/09/2022 Download - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, October 2022 10/15/2022 Download