Modernising Journalists’ Trade Unions in Pakistan for the Digital Age A Mapping of Challenges, Needs, and Solutions 8. Mapping and Assessing Engagement Strategies: Alliance Building, Negotiation and Partnerships The PFUJ Afzal Butt faction initiated the“Save the Journalists Movement” to press their five-point demands, as reported on JournalismPakistan.com on January 8, 2020. Then PFUJ President Shahzada Zulfikar and Secretary­General Nasir Zaidi gave the call for protests in wake of a severe media crisis. The demands included the formation of a Parliamentary National Media Commission, immediate lifting of both announced and unannounced censorships, an end to retrenchment of media workers, the reinstatement of those dismissed, and the unjustified delay and cuts in their salaries, and service structure for electronic media and linking the 8th Wage Award with government advertisements. 23 On 28th May 2021, PFUJ Afzal Butt faction, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan(HRCP) and Pakistan Bar Council(PBC) rejected the proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority(PMDA) Ordinance 2021 that the Imran Khan government intended to impose. The proposed heavy fines and penalties would not be acceptable to the PFUJ or any journalist in the country, they said, adding that this was aimed at undermining the freedoms enshrined in the constitutional guarantees under Articles 19 and 19-A. they said the proposed law was ultra vires of the constitution and must be immediately withdrawn, failing which countrywide protests would be launched by journalists and concerned citizens. 24 On April 13, 2020, journalists union leaders in Pakistan negotiated a Covid-19 relief package in Punjab which included a monthly pension of Rs 10,000 to the families of journalists who die due to coronavirus and a relief fund of Rs 1 million to the family of a journalist who die due to the disease, while 23. https://www.journalismpakistan.com/pfuj-launches-save-the-journalists-movement 24. https://hrcp-web.org/hrcpweb/pfuj-hrcp-pbc-term-proposed-media-ordinance-an-attempt-to­impose-media-martial-law/ 57