Friday, March 27, was the very bad day for those working for DawnNews as the organization has laid off 76 of its people across the country including Karachi.
The Secretary of the Karachi Press Club, Mr. A.H. Khanzada is among those laid off by the DawnNews TV channel. Many of the journalists had received the termination letter by courier in the morning. They felt the way they were laid off humiliating.
The ruthless action by the DawnNews management has spread the wave of anger among the journalists.
It is not the first time that the owners of the news organization have carried out the “economic murder” of journalists. A little bit earlier, many journalists have been laid off by AAJ TV, Geo TV, daily Al-Sharq and the daily Aaj-kal.
A couple of day, 30 newsmen, laid off by the Aaj-kal, staged a protest demonstration over the economic murder of newsmen. They asked the government to intervene.
The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists and Karachi Union of Journalists have not issued any statement on this issue so far.
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Sunday, March 29, 2009
Ghausi is no more
Sabihuddin Ghausi, a veteran journalist and Assistant Editor of DailyDawn, died in sleep here early on Thursday morning. He was 65.
He was laid to rest after Zuhr prayers at the graveyard near the milk plant on Sir Shah Suleman Road. Soyem will be held on Saturday after Asr prayers at the Ghafooria Mosque (Pakola Wali Masjid) in Garden East.He has left behind a widow, two older brothers and an older sister.
Mr Ghausi was admitted to hospital on Feb 8 after suffering a brain haemorrhage. He was discharged after two weeks.Sabihuddin Ghausi hailed from Ahmedabad, in the Indian state of Gujarat. His father was a sessions judge in the Junagarh High Court and before the annexation of the princely state by New Delhi, he served as revenue commissioner in Manavadar.
After the Indian occupation, the family migrated to Pakistan.Mr Ghausi was a thorough professional and committed himself to fighting for freedom of the press from the outset. A yearning for social change also informed all his writings.He earned his bachelor’s degree from Islamia College, Karachi.
After earning a masters degree from the University of Karachi, he joined the Habib Bank as an officer, but found the job unfulfilling. So he resigned and opted for a career in journalism, joining Daily Sun, Karachi, in 1970.
The tutelage of Shamim Ahmad, the founding editor of the newspaper, enabled him to master the nuts and bolts of the trade in no time.
After the closure of the Sun, he joined the Pakistan Press International (PPI), a news agency. Here another acclaimed journalist Javed Bokhari helped him reach new heights. Before switching over to daily Dawn, Karachi, in 1988 he also worked for daily Muslim, Islamabad, (now defunct), daily Business Recorder and Morning News, Karachi.The guidance of Ahmad Ali Khan, the editor of Dawn, and S.G.M.
Badruddin was enough to bring out the best in Mr Ghausi.Dedication to work did not, however, keep him away from the wider world.A hunger for contributing to journalists’ welfare, as well as to alleviating the misery of the masses, saw him working with seasoned campaigners like Asrar Ahmad, Minhaj Barna and Nisar Usmani.He also suffered joblessness and imprisonment during Gen Ziaul Haq’s martial law, but never compromised on principles.
He was elected President of Karachi Union of Journalists twice and President of Karachi Press Club four times. Economics and politics were Mr Ghausi’s forte. Television channels used to prize his piercing analyses on current affairs.
Source: Karachi/DawnDate:3/27/2009
He was laid to rest after Zuhr prayers at the graveyard near the milk plant on Sir Shah Suleman Road. Soyem will be held on Saturday after Asr prayers at the Ghafooria Mosque (Pakola Wali Masjid) in Garden East.He has left behind a widow, two older brothers and an older sister.
Mr Ghausi was admitted to hospital on Feb 8 after suffering a brain haemorrhage. He was discharged after two weeks.Sabihuddin Ghausi hailed from Ahmedabad, in the Indian state of Gujarat. His father was a sessions judge in the Junagarh High Court and before the annexation of the princely state by New Delhi, he served as revenue commissioner in Manavadar.
After the Indian occupation, the family migrated to Pakistan.Mr Ghausi was a thorough professional and committed himself to fighting for freedom of the press from the outset. A yearning for social change also informed all his writings.He earned his bachelor’s degree from Islamia College, Karachi.
After earning a masters degree from the University of Karachi, he joined the Habib Bank as an officer, but found the job unfulfilling. So he resigned and opted for a career in journalism, joining Daily Sun, Karachi, in 1970.
The tutelage of Shamim Ahmad, the founding editor of the newspaper, enabled him to master the nuts and bolts of the trade in no time.
After the closure of the Sun, he joined the Pakistan Press International (PPI), a news agency. Here another acclaimed journalist Javed Bokhari helped him reach new heights. Before switching over to daily Dawn, Karachi, in 1988 he also worked for daily Muslim, Islamabad, (now defunct), daily Business Recorder and Morning News, Karachi.The guidance of Ahmad Ali Khan, the editor of Dawn, and S.G.M.
Badruddin was enough to bring out the best in Mr Ghausi.Dedication to work did not, however, keep him away from the wider world.A hunger for contributing to journalists’ welfare, as well as to alleviating the misery of the masses, saw him working with seasoned campaigners like Asrar Ahmad, Minhaj Barna and Nisar Usmani.He also suffered joblessness and imprisonment during Gen Ziaul Haq’s martial law, but never compromised on principles.
He was elected President of Karachi Union of Journalists twice and President of Karachi Press Club four times. Economics and politics were Mr Ghausi’s forte. Television channels used to prize his piercing analyses on current affairs.
Source: Karachi/DawnDate:3/27/2009
Journalists slam colleagues' murder
MULTAN, March 27: Journalists demonstrated on Friday in Multan and Faisalabad against the killing of their colleagues in Lahore and Rawalpindi.
Unidentified men killed DawnNews reporter Tariq Javed Malik in Lahore and The Nation’s Raja Asad Hameed in Rawalpindi.In Multan, the Multan Press Club and the Multan Union of Journalists staged a rally, led by Jamshaid Rizwani, Mazhar Javed, Gohar Javed, Jabbar Mufti and Irtaza Malik. The participants paid rich tributes to the slain journalists and demanded early arrest of the killers.Activists of the Pakistan Muslim League-N led by Tariq Naeemullah and workers of Pattan Development Organisation led by Sarwar Bari and Abdul Saboor also participated in the protest.
Speakers said journalists had always been victimised by the oppressors and the killing of both journalists was an attack on the freedom of the press. They said that the murder of journalists had proven that the media was not free and that law and order situation was worsening in Pakistan day by day.The speakers said the murder of the journalists happened due to the negligence of the government.
They demanded security arrangements for all journalists besides compensation for the heirs to those reporters who lay down their lives in the line of duty.FAISALABAD: The Pakistan Union of Journalists staged a protest rally against the killing of Raja Asad.The rally was led by PFUJ President Huma Ali, secretary Mazhar Abbas and Faisalabad Press Club president Shahid Ali started from the press club.
Wearing black armbands, the journalists chanted slogans against the killing of Raja Asad and for journalists’ protection.Mr Ali and Mr Abbas said five journalists had been killed in the country in last five months and the government had done nothing to arrest the criminals.
They said the journalists would decide their future course of action to stage a sit-in outside the president’s and governor’s secretariat.
Unidentified men killed DawnNews reporter Tariq Javed Malik in Lahore and The Nation’s Raja Asad Hameed in Rawalpindi.In Multan, the Multan Press Club and the Multan Union of Journalists staged a rally, led by Jamshaid Rizwani, Mazhar Javed, Gohar Javed, Jabbar Mufti and Irtaza Malik. The participants paid rich tributes to the slain journalists and demanded early arrest of the killers.Activists of the Pakistan Muslim League-N led by Tariq Naeemullah and workers of Pattan Development Organisation led by Sarwar Bari and Abdul Saboor also participated in the protest.
Speakers said journalists had always been victimised by the oppressors and the killing of both journalists was an attack on the freedom of the press. They said that the murder of journalists had proven that the media was not free and that law and order situation was worsening in Pakistan day by day.The speakers said the murder of the journalists happened due to the negligence of the government.
They demanded security arrangements for all journalists besides compensation for the heirs to those reporters who lay down their lives in the line of duty.FAISALABAD: The Pakistan Union of Journalists staged a protest rally against the killing of Raja Asad.The rally was led by PFUJ President Huma Ali, secretary Mazhar Abbas and Faisalabad Press Club president Shahid Ali started from the press club.
Wearing black armbands, the journalists chanted slogans against the killing of Raja Asad and for journalists’ protection.Mr Ali and Mr Abbas said five journalists had been killed in the country in last five months and the government had done nothing to arrest the criminals.
They said the journalists would decide their future course of action to stage a sit-in outside the president’s and governor’s secretariat.
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