Bashir Memon will be answerable before court for slander : Shahzad Akbar
Wed, Apr 28, 2021
Picture collage of former DG FIA Bashir Ahmed Memon (L) and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Interior and Accountability Shahzad Akbar (R). Photos: File.
Following some serious allegations that Bashir Memon, the former director-general of the Federal Investigation Agency, levelled against the prime minister s aide on accountability Shahzad Akbar, a legal notice has been served to him by Akbar s lawyer on Wednesday.
Taking to Twitter, Akbar announced: My lawyers have issued [a] legal notice to Bashir Memon for his lies and slanderous accusations with malafide and without any evidence. I firmly believe in rule of law, and he shall be answerable before a court of law for his slander.
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A general view of the National Assembly session on Wednesday. DawnNewsTV
The National Assembly witnessed a noisy session on Wednesday as the government presented the 26th constitutional amendment bill in the lower house that seeks open balloting in the Senate elections.
Minister for Law and Justice Farogh Naseem presented the bill amid loud sloganeering and protest by the opposition benches. We are amending the Constitution, not stealing the election, the minister said while responding to the opposition s criticism.
Speaker Asad Qaiser invited Naseem to speak about the salient features of the bill, but he could hardly do so due to the ruckus before the speaker announced a recess.