LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has sent a defamation notice to Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan asking him to apologise for accusing his brother and prime minister of the country, Nawaz Sharif, of offering him Rs 10 billion in bribe against keeping mum on Panama case.
“Since the last week of April 2017, you [Imran] have been uttering/spreading and resorting to the publication and circulation, directly and/or by way of innuendos, maliciously false, baseless and unfounded statements and representations against my client to the effect that he had offered you a sum of Rs 10 billion in lieu of your withdrawing/backing off from the Panamagate case,” the notice reads.
“If within 14 days of the receipt of the legal notice, Imran doesn’t tender a proper apology to Shahbaz and get the same published through print and electronic media in the same manner and with the same prominence as the publication of the defamatory statement and representation, legal action will be taken against him for recovery of Rs 10 billion as damages under the ordinance on account of defamation committed by the PTI chief,” it added.
