ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: The Seventh Wage Board award for newspaper employees will be announced on Monday.

This was stated by Labour Minister Omar Asghar Khan at a press conference at the PID auditorium on Sunday.

The minister said the government had been assured by newspaper employers that the award would be implemented in letter and spirit.

“We have seen in the past that the jurisdiction of implementation tribunals or the superior courts had to be repeatedly invoked for the implementation of the wage award,” he observed. However, this award has been developed in a way to discourage unnecessary litigation for its implementation, he said.—Staff Reporter