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Punjab to pay Rs1m to family of any journalist who passes away from virus

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Punjab Information Minister Fayyazul Hassan Chohan has said that the provincial information ministry will pay Rs100,000 to any journalist who contracts Covid-19 while reporting on the situation.

In case a journalist passes away from the virus, the Punjab information ministry will pay Rs1 million to the family of the deceased, he said.

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