Affected journalists of Malik Riaz’s TV channel move Islamabad court
The lawsuit was filed for the ‘recovery of damages to the tune of Rs5100,9000 along with the interest at bank rate.’
ISLAMABAD: The affected journalists have moved to the Islamabad court seeking to recover their dues after losing their jobs due to shut down of the Urdu language Aap News television channel owned by business tycoon Malik Riaz.
Four affected journalists of Malik Riaz-owned Lahore-based Aap News television channel moved to Islamabad’s sessions court to seek orders for the clearance of their pending salaries.
Following the petition, the local court had issued a summon notice to hear the case on December 14 (today).
The lawsuit was filed for the ‘recovery of damages to the tune of Rs5100,9000 along with the interest at bank rate.’
Earlier in April last year, Malik Riaz had decided to shut down the Aap News television channel due to some legal and technical reasons. At the time of immediate closure, the administration had promised to clear salaries of the media workers in phases.
According to the email sent to the workers, they had been promised for being hired on a priority basis in a new channel by Malik Riaz.
Aap News media group had been taken over by the business tycoon Malik Riaz in August 2019.
It is important to mention here that another television channel of this group, English language Indus News was directed to continue work.
