An umbrella organisation of working journalists in Nepal has demanded early implementation of the increase in minimum wage of scribes as fixed by the Minimum Wage Fixation Committee (MWFC).
The MWFC has set the minimum salary of journalists at Rs 19,500.
The central committee of the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) in a
recent meeting has also urged the government to endorse a model law on mass communications drafted by it to guarantee freedom of the press and of expression.
"FNJ strongly demands that the federal, provincial and local level governments give uniformity to media-related laws in line with the policy and to ensure formulation of laws friendly to press freedom.
"The federation draws the attention of the authority concerned to formulate special safety laws for journalists and mass media in a way to exercise the constitutionally-guaranteed full press freedom, reads the decision made public following the meeting.
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