JournalismPakistan.com | Published 3 years ago | Cherie Conela
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ISLAMABAD—Dunya News anchor Kamran Shahid, criticized criticism for facilitating PM's Special Assistant Shahbaz Gill insult parliamentarian Dr. Ramesh Kumar Vankwani, has released a video message to clarify his position.
Since the TV channel installed a mute system, he assumed that no abuse would be broadcast or heard by anybody.
"The TV crew member, responsible for managing mute system, was performing his duties very well," he said, adding that: "The abusive remarks were in a large number to handle and censor by a single person."
"Such same members of parliament also utter many more nasty words, but there is no one blaming the speaker. Why am I being held responsible here?"
"What happened to Ramesh Kumar is very wrong, and I am ready to apologize to him unconditionally, but it is wrong to hold me responsible for it," he emphasized.
Meanwhile, Dr. Vankwani, in a legal notice served on Gill under the defamation laws, also criticized the role of the TV anchor. "It is highly unfortunate that the host of the show Mr. Kamran Shahid did not intervene and stop the verbal abuse and filthy language used by Gill."
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