ARY News gives pay raise to employees; Geo News only ends salary cuts
ARY News has released another slab of pay raise to its employees up to 50 per cent 65 per cent, whereas, Geo News only ended the salary cuts of its workers.
One of the leading private news channels in Pakistan, ARY News has released another slab of pay raise to its employees up to 50 per cent 65 per cent, whereas, another media house, Geo News has only ended the salary cuts of its workers.
Two different developments came forth in the recent days as ARY News gave pay raise to more employees up to 50 pc to 65 pc.
ARY News Senior Executive Vice President Ammad Yousaf announced on Twitter, “Promise Delivered. ARY becomes the only tv network in Pak to give a raise of up to 60% to 65% of its workforce, letters distributed. It was heart warming to see Happy faces in our offices across Pak today, remaining increments soon to follow . Thank you @Salman_ary lots of duas”
Promise Delivered. ARY becomes the only tv network in Pak to give a raise of up to 60% to 65% of its workforce, letters distributed. It was heart warming to see Happy faces in our offices across Pak today, remaining increments soon to follow . Thank you @Salman_ary lots of duas
— Ammad Yousaf (@AmmadYousaf) March 7, 2022
He also retweeted a post of Ali Imran Junior, stating that ARY News employees having up to Rs50,000 got a pay raise of 50 per cent.
اے آر وائی نیوز کے ملازمین کو انکریمنٹس مبارک، پچاس ہزار والوں کی پچاس فیصد سیلری بڑھ گئی@Salman_ARY @AmmadYousaf #ARYNews
— Ali Imran Junior (@AliImranJunior) March 7, 2022
On the other hand, informed sources said that Geo News has recently restored the previous salaries of its employees which was being deducted in the name of a financial crises to the media houses.
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Sources said that Geo News workers have expressed resentment over the media group for not taking effective steps to end the financial troubles of the media workers despite enjoying profits.
They also expressed outrage over Geo News management for restoring the previous salaries instead of giving increments.
Earlier in January, ARY Digital Network had announced a pay raise up to 80 per cent of workers salaried Rs20,000 in the first phase, setting an example for other media houses still blocking salaries and dues of its employees.
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President and CEO ARY Digital Network Salman Iqbal had made the announcement in January, calling it a move after Prime Minister Imran Khan appealed to the corporate sector to hike salaries of employees after making Rs980 billion profits.
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ARY News’ move would definitely encourage other media groups to consider pay raises and clearance of workers’ dues.
Media workers are facing hardships for several years across Pakistan following lay-offs and salary cuts in the majority of the media houses in a name of financial crises despite the government claiming to clear their advertisement dues.
Although a few media houses announced to restore the salaries of journalists and media workers, uncertainty loomed over the employment security in media houses. The uncertainty led to protests of media workers and even some of them committed suicides in a distressful situation.
