Firdous Ashiq Awan calls for review of Pakistan's economic situation.

ISLAMABAD -- Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan on Saturday called for a review of the economic situation of the country following the death of a private TV reporter who was not paid for months.

A private TV channel cameraman, Fayyaz Ali, who sadly passed away on Tuesday night after suffering a cardiac arrest, was terminated from his job with unreleased salary of several months. Pakistani media is encountering stark financial crisis for a while now.

Firdous Ashiq Awan expressed that the incumbent government is totally aware of the media workers and announced Rs1 million as compensation to the bereaved family. She also announced to give Fayyaz's brother a job in the Ministry of Information along with a house for his family in the housing scheme.

'We shall talk to the media moguls and journalists' bodies about the salary issue of journalists,' she said, adding...