KARACHI: In 2021, actor Naila Jaffery’s video went viral, where she was requesting for royalties for her TV plays as she struggled to pay for her medical treatment while battling.
After that, Senator Faisal Javed Khan introduced a resolution guaranteeing royalties for artists in parliament and recently took to Twitter to announce that it had been passed unanimously by the Senate.
The Chairman Standing Committee on Info and Broadcasting, Khan tweeted saying, “Congratulations, as the resolution has been passed by the Senate Pakistan unanimously today. Appreciate the support from all the members of the house.” He added a hashtag that read “Royalties for artists” as well.
This has been hailed as a landmark move for the Pakistani entertainment industry as the issue of royalties is one of the biggest and most unfortunate struggles faced by artists.
Celebrities took to Twitter to applaud the announcement:
Congratulations to TV/Film fraternity @SenatePakistan has unanimously passed resolution with the objective to empower Copyright Board to fix royalties for licensing and assignment of work and ensure payments to artists. Thank u members of the house #RoyaltiesForArtists pic.twitter.com/S1O57FFuyg
— Humayun Saeed (@iamhumayunsaeed) January 17, 2022
Thank you @FaisalJavedKhan for fulfilling your promise of bringing the important issue of royalty for artists in the house. Hope it gets done all the way so everyone no matter how big or small can get their due as it is done in the developed world. #musicroyalties https://t.co/66I8KTOLdy
— Ali Zafar (@AliZafarsays) January 18, 2022
BRILLIANT effort @FaisalJavedKhan Thank YOU and Best of luck for the Second and Step.#RoyaltiesForartists https://t.co/ceFtttmxcG
— vasay chaudhry (@vasaych) January 17, 2022
This is such great news … first step in the right direction of paying #RoyaltiesForArtists
Thank you @FaisalJavedKhan 🙏🏼 https://t.co/JZOTazXSLw
— Ramsha Khan (@ramshakofficial) January 17, 2022
