Pakistan journalists follow Modi mantra, make pakoras to protest being sacked

[INDIAPOSITIVE]

A group of sacked journalists gathered in front of the Parliament House in capital Islamabad to set up a pakora camp.


HIGHLIGHTS

• Pakistan government has withdrawn subsidies to news organisations
• This has led to terminations, delayed salaries and disruption in circulations for media organisations
• Journalists were protesting to bring attention to their economic plight

It looks like Pakistani journalists have taken PM Modi's advice on selling pakoras (fritters) to make a living seriously. They employed the tactic to protest against the recent spate of large-scale terminations in media houses across Pakistan.

Source: Facebook/zebkatani
A group of sacked journalists gathered in front of the Parliament House in capital Islamabad to set up a pakora camp. Their intention was to press the authorities to pay heed to their economic plight.



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Also showing his solidarity to the protesting journalists was Pakistan People's Party chief Bilawal Bhutto.

https://twitter.com/HamidMirPAK/status/1057237147869241345/photo/1

https://twitter.com/x/status/1057237147869241345

Source: Facebook/zebkatani
The protests come against the backdrop of a turbulent situation for journalism in the country. On Tuesday, a senior local journalist along with three others was shot dead in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's Charsadda district.

News organisations in Pakistan have been facing severe financial woes since the PTI government came to power. The Imran Khan-led government is currently facing allegations of stifling freedom of the press.

Local media has reported that the country's leading newspapers and TV channels were facing unannounced restrictions, while circulations, distribution and broadcast of some TV channels had been stopped in certain areas of the country.

The government also ended subsidies provided to media houses in the form of government advertisements leading to a large number of journalists being fired as well as delays in salary for many.

The cut in government aid to media has affected the industry to such an extent that some channels like Waqt News have had to shut down their operations entirely.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1057000514217500672

https://www.indiatoday.in/world/sto...modi-mantra-pakora-protest-1378981-2018-10-30

 

[313ghazi]

lol - what rate are they selling the pakoray for? Surely more than they sold their dignity? Otherwise they'll soon be out of work again.

 

[Crystal-Clear]

A group of sacked journalists gathered in front of the Parliament House in capital Islamabad to set up a pakora camp.


HIGHLIGHTS

• Pakistan government has withdrawn subsidies to news organisations
• This has led to terminations, delayed salaries and disruption in circulations for media organisations
• Journalists were protesting to bring attention to their economic plight

It looks like Pakistani journalists have taken PM Modi's advice on selling pakoras (fritters) to make a living seriously. They employed the tactic to protest against the recent spate of large-scale terminations in media houses across Pakistan.

Source: Facebook/zebkatani
A group of sacked journalists gathered in front of the Parliament House in capital Islamabad to set up a pakora camp. Their intention was to press the authorities to pay heed to their economic plight.



https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https://www.facebook.com/zebkatani/videos/10214463655803505/&show_text=0&width=560


Also showing his solidarity to the protesting journalists was Pakistan People's Party chief Bilawal Bhutto.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1057237147869241345

Source: Facebook/zebkatani
The protests come against the backdrop of a turbulent situation for journalism in the country. On Tuesday, a senior local journalist along with three others was shot dead in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's Charsadda district.

News organisations in Pakistan have been facing severe financial woes since the PTI government came to power. The Imran Khan-led government is currently facing allegations of stifling freedom of the press.

Local media has reported that the country's leading newspapers and TV channels were facing unannounced restrictions, while circulations, distribution and broadcast of some TV channels had been stopped in certain areas of the country.

The government also ended subsidies provided to media houses in the form of government advertisements leading to a large number of journalists being fired as well as delays in salary for many.

The cut in government aid to media has affected the industry to such an extent that some channels like Waqt News have had to shut down their operations entirely.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1057000514217500672

https://www.indiatoday.in/world/sto...modi-mantra-pakora-protest-1378981-2018-10-30

thats the future of soldout souls.

 

[FalconStar]

They are protesting the closure of a privately run business in front of parliament.
What does the government have to do with the low quality of their content.
If the government has to fund all the news channels, then what's the point we already have PTV.

 

[Fahad Khan 2]

This is what happen when extra funding is cut out. Waqt news quality was Soo poor that it was running entirely on govt money.

 

[pakman12]

Let's hope only the truly independent news media survive. We don't want biased outlets spreading propaganda in exchange for funding.

 

[HAIDER]

Govt doing its best to save national wealth to pay the bills. People in the third world need to realize that govts can't generate that many jobs. It's good idea to sell Pakora, atleast they are now making honest money.

 

[MBT 3000]

bad for lifafas and corrupt media

 

[Imran Khan]

Its good to see media money stopped

 

[Syed1.]

That is good plan, if I get fired from my job (which is with a private employer) I'll go do dharna in front of parliament and blame government.

 

[koolio]

That is good plan, if I get fired from my job (which is with a private employer) I'll go do dharna in front of parliament and blame government.

These idiot journalists think they above the law, what are they protesting for, the channel they are working for are fully responsible to generate revenues and to pay the salaries to their employees.

Instead of protesting they should look to get jobs in other media outlets. IK is right about one thing stunted growth effect.

 

[HAIDER]

یہ وہ لوگ ہیں جو روزانہ ٹالک شوز میں ملک چلانے کے مشورے دیتے ہیں آج انکے اپنے چینلز بند ہوگے تسی اینے سیانے ہوندے تے اپنا روزی روٹی دا اڈہ نا بچا لیندے روندے سیان پونے نو

 

[Flash_Ninja]

The Imran Khan-led government is currently facing allegations of stifling freedom of the press.

LOL dumb Indians writing fake stories about Pakistan for other dumb Indians, what an obsessed people!

 

[Hellfire]

LOL dumb Indians writing fake stories about Pakistan for other dumb Indians, what an obsessed people!

Noted.

http://www.journalismpakistan.com/b...-protesting-journalists-start-selling-pakoras

 

[Sugarcane]

Selling pakora is honest business provided they don't use substandard material, they can support remaining media groups by buying their news papers to pack pakoras