ISLAMABAD – Urdu news channel, Waqt News has shut down offices acrossPakistan and has fired all of its employees.
Journalist Matiullah Jan on his Twitter, stating: “Whole of the Waqt Newsstaff sacked and offices across Pakistan shut down”.
Earlier, the TV channel downsized its staff to handle what the localjournalists called an economic crisis but it later sacked all of itsemployees after succumbing to these problems, local media reported.
The media houses in Pakistan are suffering from financial difficultiessince the PTI government stopped issuing advertisements.
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Earlier this month journalists and media workers held rallies across thecountry, including Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi in protest againstdownsizing, stopping of advertisements and measures aimed at curbingnewspapers circulation and TV channels’ transmission.
