{"id":271432,"date":"2022-07-16T02:03:50","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T21:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=271432"},"modified":"2022-07-16T02:03:50","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T21:03:50","slug":"alvi-asks-pm-for-remedial-measures-to-alleviate-journalists-harassment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/alvi-asks-pm-for-remedial-measures-to-alleviate-journalists-harassment\/","title":{"rendered":"Alvi asks PM for remedial measures to alleviate journalists\u2019 harassment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> ISLAMABAD<br \/>\nPresident Dr Arif Alvi on Friday wrote another letter to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif asking him to direct the relevant ministries and departments to take remedial measures and preemptive actions to alleviate apprehensions and grievances of the journalists and media persons against incidents of harassment, physical abuse and violence.<br \/>\nThe president also attached a letter received by him from anchorperson Arshad Sharif, where he has drawn the attention of the president towards the incidents of harassment while quoting a few eminent journalists and information gathered by him through different sources.<br \/>\nThe president said, \u201cthe Constitution urges the state to provide due rights and protection to individuals. Pakistan has always strived to do so, but in the case of journalists and media persons, if they feel pressurized, fair criticism within the bounds of law, freedom of expression and then democracy itself is threatened\u201d.<br \/>\nIn the letter addressed to the president, Arshad Sharif had alleged that some unscrupulous elements were threatening to endanger his life and requested the president to safeguard his fundamental rights as enshrined in Articles 4, 9, 10A, 14, 18, 19 and 19A of the Constitution of Pakistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday wrote another letter to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif asking him to direct the relevant ministries and departments to take remedial measures and preemptive actions to alleviate apprehensions and grievances of the journalists and media persons against incidents of harassment, physical abuse and violence. 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