Ofcom decides in favour of Mushahidullah
National
May 26, 2021
LONDON: The late Senator Mushahidullah Khan has won a defamation complaint in the UK against a private TV channel over a programme in which the channel’s analyst had made false allegations against the PMLN’s late Senator he used Pakistan International Airline’s money to stay and get treatment in London.
According to details, the private channel aired a news programme on 24th June, 2020 in the UK about the findings of a report into a PIA plane crash in Karachi in May 2020. The private channel’s employee claimed that Mushahidullah Khan was ‘treated’ and stayed at a hotel in London at the expense of PIA. Mushahidullah Khan complained that he was treated unjustly or unfairly in the programme. He challenged the private TV to present any proof and prove him guilty and told Ofcom that he was ready to face any penalty if allegations against him could be proven true or any witness or evidence could be shown. The late Mushahidullah Khan told Ofcom that the anchor was pro-government and maligned him to support the narrative of his favourite party but had no evidence to back up the libelous claims. The private TV employee has said: “How PIA was operated during the government of the PML-N that should also be brought in front of us. At that time Mushahidullah (the complainant) was there and he was treated in London at the expense of PIA. He stayed in a PIA hotel in London. All these matters are there for everybody to see.”