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Subject: Re: Daily Times & AAJ KAL staff waiting for their salary
 likebeggars

Dear Friends,
You should know the facts: I resigned from Daily Times as Editor and from Media Times (which owns Daily Times) as Director on 11 October 2009 after six months of fighting with the management over employee rights, including salaries and increments and downsizing. I was accused by the Chief Financial Officer of taking the side of employees and "bleeding the paper". This is known to the staff. My senior colleagues Khaled Ahmed, Ejaz Haider and Ata Musawwir and Qasim Nauman have also resigned to back up my position. What more can we say?
Najam Sethi 

On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 7:53 PM, koozehgar <koozehg...@gmail.com <mailto:koozehg...@gmail.com> > wrote:
 Mr Sethi has a typical bourgeois mindset and handled the DT/Aajkal
 staff in exremely discriminatory fashion. it seemed if he had come to
 this world to protect the people of his 'class'. No doubt Mr Sethi's
 steps in the organization were unbecoming of a professional
 journalist. he has a charismatic personality and can improve his human
 rights record.

 On Nov 16, 9:36 am, "shahrifat alam " <shahrifata...@hotmail.com <mailto:shahrifata...@hotmail.com> >
 wrote:
 > It is very sad indeed that the newspaper I put together literally piece by piece has fallen on such bad times!

 > I am greatly pained and I've told Salmaan so!

 > However, the new editor might set things right if he can but there are some problems that can only be set right by Salmaan!

 > Cheers!

 > Shah Rifat Alam.
 > Mob: +92-307-444 5554
 >         +92-333-450 3435

 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Romail Sheraz Kenneth <romail.kenn...@CNBCPakistan.com>
 > Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:37:55
 > To: <as...@dailytimes.com.pk <mailto:as...@dailytimes.com.pk> >; <romail.kenn...@gmail.com <mailto:romail.kenn...@gmail.com> >; <presspakistan@googlegroups.com <mailto:presspakistan@googlegroups.com> >
 > Subject: RE: Daily Times & AAJ KAL staff waiting for their salary like

 >  beggars

 > Dear Asher,
 >  
 > It is really sad that such things are still happening in Media. I don't know why journalists associations are not raising their voice. As all issues are being discussed but why our journalists associations and press club governing body is not taking this issue seriously to resolve this issue.
 >  
 > Cheers!
 >  
 > Romail Kenneth
 > 0321-2888581
 >  

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 > From: Asher [mailto:as...@dailytimes.com.pk <mailto:as...@dailytimes.com.pk> ]

>  Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 7:57 PM
 >  To: Romail Kenneth; presspakistan@googlegroups.com <mailto:presspakistan@googlegroups.com>
 >  Subject: Re: Daily Times & AAJ KAL staff waiting for their salary like beggars
 >  

 > Dear Mr Kenneth,

 >  

 > It's true that we at Daily Times and Aaj Kal are not getting our salaries on time as it used to be until a year ago but we are pretty hopeful that the situation will improve by the grace of God.

 > There are several organisations--both in print and electronic media-- where employees are not being paid even 50% of their salaries. And this has been going on before the financial slowdown! 

 > Being paid on time is important, but a truly congenial working environment and opportunities for all make DT stand out among all media organisations.This is the reason why the DT team is weathering the storm despite the financial crisis.

 >  

 > Asher John

 >  

 > Editor Quality

 > Daily Times

 > 0300-4400001

 >  

 >  

 > ----- Original Message -----

 > From: Romail

> Kenneth <mailto:romail.kenn...@gmail.com <mailto:romail.kenn...@gmail.com> >  

 > To: presspakistan@googlegroups.com <mailto:presspakistan@googlegroups.com>  <mailto:presspakistan@googlegroups.com <mailto:presspakistan@googlegroups.com> >  

 > Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 10:50 AM

 > Subject: Daily Times & AAJ KAL staff waiting for their salary like beggars

 >  

 > Dear All,
 >  
 > Yesterday I got to know that, the staff of the Daily Times and AAJ KAL have received 50% salaries and that too after a month's lapse. This is yet another stunning "innovation" made by the Taseers.
 >  
 > Romail Kenneth
 > Reporter
 > CNBC Pakistan
 > 0321-8296022
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