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Committee formed to review journalists’ problems

LAHORE: In order to review the problems being faced by the Media workers a special committee has been constituted on the directions of Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan.

Provincial Minister for Information Punjab Mian Aslam Iqbal will be supervising the committee that would  submit recommendations for the solutions of the dilemma regarding journalists’ salaries and job security at media houses.

Secretary General Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) Rana Muhammad Azeem,President Lahore Press Club Arshad Ansari, President Punjab Union of Journalists Shehzad Hussain Butt and President Electronic Media Reporters Association, DGPR, Punjab Dr Muhammad Aslam Dogar, DG PID Saeed Ahmed Sheikh,   will be the members of the Committee.

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.