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Summary The SC has ordered to give 7th wage board award to journalists.
The Supreme Court (SC) while rejecting appeal pleas of owners’ of news papers against wage board award with fine has ordered that 7th wage board award be given to journalists.A 3-member SC bench had reserved judgment regarding wage board award on September 29. Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry authored the verdict and read it out Wednesday. It was said in the decision that wage board award law does not run contrary to the constitution and. Law of Newspaper Employees Contract Service Act 1973 is in complete conformity with the constitution.It was further laid down in the verdict that 7th wage board award was completely effective and board can make any change or amendment in the award if it wills to do so. Otherwise the award will remain effective. Therefore, wage board award be given to the journalists. It may be recalled that wage board award was constituted in 2001 and it was declared effective from July 2001. The case was running in the court and owners of newspapers had filed appeals against it.
