e. Journalists / Correspondents / Men: Many people in this category come and stay in Pakistan. These people normally stay in the capital city or in other major cities but some of them do take the adventure of visiting difficult and remote parts of the country to gain the first hand knowledge of the events of law and order or some political activity. Some of them being more daing/ sensational expose themselves unnecessarily to the dangerous environment while trying to unearth some criminal or terrorist. Ministry of information must coordinate their security with Law Enforcing Agencies (LEAs) and they must be told the dangers of being more adventurous. Responsibility of Security The responsibility of security must not only be thrown on the Law Enforcing Agencies (LEAs) alone but others, who are responsible for the presence of any oreigner in this country, should also share it. Following guidelines must be kept in mind. Any government department or ministry sponsoring foreigners should be responsible to coordinate their security with LEAs through Ministry of Interior. Sponsor should exclusively depute an officer for this purpose and itmust not only be a routine letter writing exercise. Generally, writing a letter those who are responsible think that they have fulfilled their responsibility. This trend has to be curbed. Any private company/firm/department sponsoring foreigners must be made responsible of the security of their guests through private security guards. If the project is of national importance, they can request the provincial government through Ministry of Interior, for the provision of security. Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of information should be made responsible to coordinate security arrangements of foreign tourists and media mend with the Ministry of Interior and provincial governments. Ministry of Tourism should coordinate with provincial tourism departments and LEAs for the security of foreign tourists. Security Apparatus The fact is that our security apparatus is outdated and overloaded. Because of the overload, the system has become insensitive. It cannot react in any crisis within the required timeframe. There is a dire need to address this issue seriously. A lot has been done on policy level; now there is a need to correct the system at implementation level. For instance, the induction, training, perks and safety aspect of the security personnel be improved.
e. Journalists / Correspondents / Men: Many people in this category come and stay in Pakistan. These people normally stay in the capital city or in other major cities but some of them do take the adventure of visiting difficult and remote parts of the country to gain the first hand knowledge of the events of law and order or some political activity. Some of them being more daing/ sensational expose themselves unnecessarily to the dangerous environment while trying to unearth some criminal or terrorist. Ministry of information must coordinate their security with Law Enforcing Agencies (LEAs) and they must be told the dangers of being more adventurous. Responsibility of Security The responsibility of security must not only be thrown on the Law Enforcing Agencies (LEAs) alone but others, who are responsible for the presence of any oreigner in this country, should also share it. Following guidelines must be kept in mind. Any government department or ministry sponsoring foreigners should be responsible to coordinate their security with LEAs through Ministry of Interior. Sponsor should exclusively depute an officer for this purpose and itmust not only be a routine letter writing exercise. Generally, writing a letter those who are responsible think that they have fulfilled their responsibility. This trend has to be curbed. Any private company/firm/department sponsoring foreigners must be made responsible of the security of their guests through private security guards. If the project is of national importance, they can request the provincial government through Ministry of Interior, for the provision of security. Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of information should be made responsible to coordinate security arrangements of foreign tourists and media mend with the Ministry of Interior and provincial governments. Ministry of Tourism should coordinate with provincial tourism departments and LEAs for the security of foreign tourists. Security Apparatus The fact is that our security apparatus is outdated and overloaded. Because of the overload, the system has become insensitive. It cannot react in any crisis within the required timeframe. There is a dire need to address this issue seriously. A lot has been done on policy level; now there is a need to correct the system at implementation level. For instance, the induction, training, perks and safety aspect of the security personnel be improved.
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