Union Journalists Multan observed black day

Pakistani journalists held nationwide protests to denounce rampant censorship that they say is being imposed upon them from the country's power quarters, massive layoffs due to budget cuts, and months-long delays in payments of their wages.
Tuesday's rallies, dubbed 'Day of Protests', are spearheaded by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ). Multan Union of Journalists (MUJ) staged a demonstration at the call of PFUJ which was also joined by Punjab Teachers Union,

Lawyers and Tanzeem Tajiran ,Tajir Qaumi Ittehad. Shahadat Hussain President of MUJ says journalists are facing the roughest phase in the country’s history and have decided to “fight the unprecedented censorship”.Rauf Maan,, Rana Pervez Hameed, Shafqat Bhutta,Shehzad Durrani,Khawaja Ashraf,,Akhtar Awan,Atif Luddo, Bilal Butt of PML-N, Traders leaders Khawaja Suleman Siddiqui,Sultan Mehmood Malik, Tariq Amir Abbasi, Munir Akhrtar Langah,
Afzal Butt, president of PFUJ, says the rallies are only the “beginning of a protest movement”.Journalists and press freedom advocates say Pakistan’s media outlets are being pressured by powerful quarters in order to quash critical coverage and that the country’s newly-elected government is slashing its advertising budget, squeezing a key source of revenue for private newspapers and TV stations.

Senior journalist Hamid Mir also tweeted about the protest from Islamabad, where he attended a demonstration outside the National Press Club.