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July 29, 2021
LAHORE: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday submitted his reply in a defamation suit filed against him by Opposition Leader Shehbaz Sharif. In his reply submitted through counsel Barrister Ali Zafar, he said a man, Omar Farooq, approached him (Imran Khan) with an offer that if he (IK) stopped following the Panama Leaks, he was ready to pay him a large sum of money. He said that the reputation of Shehbaz Sharif may have been affected not because of his statement but owing to some other reason(s). He said the allegations of Shehbaz Sharif do not fall under the claim of defamation. He said not even a single notice was served on him within 60 days after his statement. He said that Shehbaz Sharif has been a political opponent for two decades. Moreover, he said Shehbaz Sharif has made many statements to defame him, he said.
July 29, 2021
LAHORE: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday submitted his reply in a defamation suit filed against him by Opposition Leader Shehbaz Sharif.
In his replay submitted through counsel Barrister Ali Zafar, he said a man, Omar Farooq, approached him (Imran Khan) with an offer that if he (IK) stopped following the Panama Leaks, he was ready to pay him a large sum of money. He said that the reputation of Shehbaz Sharif may have been affected not because of his statement but owing to some other reason(s).
He said the allegations of Shehbaz Sharif do not fall under the claim of defamation. He said not even a single notice was served on him within 60 days after his statement. He said that Shehbaz Sharif has been a political opponent for two decades. Moreover, he said Shehbaz Sharif has made many statements to defame him, he said. He said that Shehbaz Sharif wants to drag political issues to the courts. His claim was false, baseless and full of distorted facts and it should
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The federal government removed Wednesday Wajid Zia as the Federal Investigation Agency’s director general and replaced him with Sanaullah Abbasi. Abbasi was serving as the inspector general of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police. The federal cabinet has given its approval to remove Zia from his position. He has been posted as the DG of the National Police Bureau. Zia, the former head of the Panama Leaks JIT, was made FIA s DG in November 2019. Moazzam Jah Ansari has been posted as KP’s IG of police, while Kashmir IG Salahuddin will be the new commandant of the Frontier Constabulary. Follow SAMAA English on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.