Media Man Shares Real Plight of Journalists in Pakistan
Waqar Bhatti said that the journalists are staging protests for freedom of expression but their colleagues are dying of economic crisis
Senior media man Mohammad Waqar Bhatti shared the real plight of the journalists in Pakistan who have no one to fall back upon.
Waqar Bhatti wrote that the journalists are staging protests for freedom of expression but their colleagues are dying of economic crisis.
60 سالہ سب ایڈیٹر بیماری کی وجہ سے تین مہینے کام پر نہ جا سکا تو دھمکیاں دے کر استعفی دینے پر مجبور کر دیا گیا۔ داماد کورونا سے مرگیا۔ بیماری اور بے روزگاری میں بیوہ بیٹی اور اس کے بچے پالنے پر مجبور اب بھیک مانگے گا؟
آزادی صحافت زندہ باد۔@fawadchaudhry @UmarCheema1 @titojourno— M. Waqar Bhatti (@MWaqar_Bhatti) September 13, 2021
اب رپورٹرز کا حال بھی سن لیں۔ معروف انگریزی روزنامے کا رپورٹر رات دو بجے حاملہ بیوی کو لے کر جناح اسپتال کراچی کے گائنی وارڈ کے سامنے کھڑا تھا، ادارہ میڈیکل نہیں دیتا، سی سیکشن کے لئے سفارش کروانی پڑی۔
اور اگلوں کو آزادی صحافت کی سوجھ رہی ہے@fawadchaudhry @titojourno #PMDA— M. Waqar Bhatti (@MWaqar_Bhatti) September 13, 2021
News360 contacted Waqar Bhatti to have a detailed conversation about the two incidents he mentioned in his tweets.
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Commenting on freedom of expression and PMDA bill, the journalist asserted that freedom of expression is the right given to all by birth.
Instead of fighting for it, the media workers should raise their voices for the basic rights of the community.
While citing an incident that took place with one of the refined media man Qaiser Mehmood, Bhatti revealed that he died of cancer with nothing in his hands for treatment.
“After 40 years of service for reputed organizations, Sajjad had to ask for funds for his treatment”, he added.
Not only this, Waqar Bhatti shared the story of 2 other media men who are currently in a state of penury and unable to bear the expenses of their families.
One of them was expelled from his job as he took sick leave of 3 months after sustaining head injuries in an accident.
The journalist emphasized that media workers have much more intense problems than PMDA.
