Shamsul Islam Naz

MEDIA PERSONS APPEALED TO SUPPREME COURT TO TAKE SUO MOTO NOTICEOF NON IMPLEMENTION OF 7TH WAGE BOARD AWARD CASE

The Supreme Body of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists – the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has  regretted that the Supreme Court of Pakistan and respective High Courts took a number of cases for adjudication on its extraordinary powers of taking suo moto notice but took no notice to the hue and cry of the media persons who are moving from pillar to post to seek justice, viz-a-viz implementation of the 7^thWage Award.

The FEC meeting which was held here and attended by all the office bearers of

the PFUJ, Members of the FEC, Presidents and General

Secretaries of all the Union of Journalists, representative the

journalistscommunity from all over country, pointed out that, not only this the hierarchy of judiciary which claims that it had formulated a comprehensive judicial policy for providing speedy justice to the people and disposing of old cases within three months deadline but the media persons are disturbed why the case of the 7^th wage award is pending in the courts for the last nine years and still lingering on and could not catch the sharp eye of the Chief Justice of Pakistan.

It appealed to the Chief Justice of Pakistan to take notice why the case of the media workers is pending in the Sindh High Court for years together and despite the Orders issue by the Honourable S.C. that the case be decided within 4 weeks could not be decided after even a full one year while the same is pending in the Sindh High Court for the last 5 years.

It also pointed out that on the same subject matter the media owners filed a writ petition  before the Islamabad High Court which was dismissed but the media owners concealing the facts succeeded in getting one sided restrain order from the Sindh High Court on misrepresentation and virtually made in effective the proceedings of the Implementation Tribunal for Newspaper Employees halt up for the last nine years which is nothing but mockery of justice and law.

It also urged the Chief Justice of Pakistan to bring the labour courts, labour appellate tribunals, and Implementation Tribunal for Newspaper Employees, National Industrial Relations Commission, Authority appointed under the Payment of Wages Act under the thumb of judiciary on the pattern of banking, drug, customs, anti-corruption and consumer courts and Central Laws Courts.

Shamsul Islam Naz

Secretary General
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