Srinagar: Demanding immediate revocation of attachment order of joint director information, Zahoor Ahmad Mir, employees of Information Department have gone on indefinite strike.
“All the offices of Information Department both in Kashmir and Jammu Divisions will remain shut till the attachment order of Joint Director Kashmir is revoked,” a spokesman of the Information Department Employees Union said in a statement.
“Neither any advertisements will be received or distributed by the Information Department nor any official press releases will be issued till the attachment order is revoked,” statement said.
The spokesman said unfortunately the employees of the Advertisement wings at the offices of Joint Director Information Kashmir/Jammu are subjected to frequent intimidation and harassment by some small-time editors demanding lion’s share of advertisements and other monetary benefits for their publications.
