Newspapermen urge govt to meet 7-point demand

The SSKOP would go for tougher programme if the demands were not met immediately, the leaders said.

At an extended meeting of the Parishad at the National Press Club on Wednesday, they called on the newspapermen to make December 21 grand rally and the procession towards the Prime Minister's Office a success.

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The meeting also protested the announcement for auction of Observer House and its machinery under Al-Helal Printing and Publishing Company by the Shilpa Bank without paying the outstanding dues of journalists and employees of the Bangladesh Observer and weekly Chitrali.

The leaders sought intervention of the government in resolving the Observer-Chitrali crisis.

SSKOP leaders Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, Akhter Ahmed Khan, Elahi Newaz Khan, Abdul Jalil Bhuiyan, Abdus Shahid, Omar Faruque, Motiur Rahman Talukder, Abul Hashem, M A Mannan, and Mokarram Hossain spoke at the meeting.

President of Bangladesh Federal Union of Newspaper Press Workers Fazle Imam presided.