Long, hard wait for salaries at Daily Pakistan Today
LAHORE:
There appears to be no end to the agonizing wait for salaries at Pakistan
Today with
the employees not having been paid since January this year.
About two weeks
ago Babar Nizami, the Chief Operating Officer (COO) sent a text
message to all heads of departments informing them the salaries
would be paid in a day or two, raising hopes among staff. However,
they were never disbursed that left the employees frustrated.
Last week, Editor Arif Nizami, held a meeting with senior staff
members of the newspaper but nothing positive emerged, says our
source.
With patience of the staff members wearing thin, the management
have now set April 15 as the new date for paying off salaries.
Veteran Arif Nizami had launched the newspaper just over 15
months ago but it has seemingly run into grave financial
difficulties in recent months.
Observers say Nizami erred by starting publication from Karachi
and Islamabad when only Lahore, where the paper was born, would
have been good enough.
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