ISLAMABAD: The Implementation Tribunal for Newspaper Employees (ITNE) has disposed of the cases after ensuring full payment of Rs 126 million to petitioners.
According to a statement issued by the tribunal, cases of more than 100 journalists were disposed of after payment of Rs. 126,180,084.
Earlier this month the former information minister had informed the Parliament that to safeguard the rights of newspaper employees, the Implementation Tribunal for Newspaper Employees (ITNE) had managed to recover Rs140 million within nine months, facilitating payments of salaries.
She said that in some cases the PID had made direct payments from the advertisement bills of those newspapers who could not pay the salaries to the suffering employees.
The Implementation Tribunal for Newspaper Employees (ITNE) was established in 1976 after adding a clause in the Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) Act, 1973.
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The function of the Tribunal is to implement the Award of the Wage Board for journalists and non-journalists. So far eight Wage Board Awards have been announced.
The Tribunal makes efforts to decide the pending cases within the shortest possible time by observing procedure prescribed under the law.
It also ensures to decide pending matters within shortest possible time to recover the money due under the orders of the Tribunal.
It is situated in Islamabad with a jurisdiction all over the country. It has no sub-offices or regional offices.
