ISLAMABAD:Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan has said that a strong and independent media is important for a strong democracy.

Speaking at the meeting of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee for Information and Broadcasting in Islamabad on Wednesday, she said the government is seriously striving to clear the outstanding payments of the media houses in respect of advertisements. She asked the media houses to clear salaries of the media workers before Eid-ul-Fitr.