No.

4(8)/Dir(E)/2022
15th July, 2022

Subject: INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST

JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA PERSONS

My Dear Prime Minister,

In continuation of my earlier letter of even number dated

7 July, 2022 on the issue, of ‘Incidents of Violence Against Journalists
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and Media Persons’, a letter received from anchorperson, Mr. Arshad

Sharif, is being forwarded for your kind attention. He has quoted few
eminent journalists and information gathered through different sources
and has alleged that unscrupulous elements are threatening to endanger
his life. He invites the attention of the President to safeguard his
fundamental rights as enshrined in the Articles 4, 9, 10A, 14, 18, 19 and
19A of the Constitution of Pakistan.

2. The 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.

2. The Prime Minister may kindly direct the concerned

Ministries and Departments to take remedial measures and preemptive
actions, especially with reference to enclosed letter, and other similar
complaints in order to alleviate apprehensions and grievances of
journalists and media persons.

With best regards,

 (DR. ARIF ALVI)
Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif,
The Prime Minister of Pakistan,
Islamabad.