Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan appreciated the journalist community representatives for highlighting the issue.

Special Assistant Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan appreciated the journalist community representatives for highlighting the issue and said all journalist bodies had effectively raised the voice for cameraman Fayyaz Ahmed.

She said a permanent solution of the issue should be found. 'We will have to devise a comprehensive policy and mechanism to avoid such episodes in future," she added.

She said a meeting of all stakeholders would be held on Monday to discuss the issues of media workers.

In the meeting, the SAPM said, media channels would be asked to share data about the registered employees, having details of all those who were getting salaries on time and those whose salaries were pending.

While, the government would share information about the payment being given to the channels under its support programme, exposing those saying they got nothing from the government.

She also dispelled the impression that the government had stopped giving advertisements to some channels and said a comprehensive advertisement policy would be devised...