Pak media group sends legal notice to Imran Khan

Islamabad: A legal notioce has been sent to former cricketer and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan for making false, baseless and unfounded allegations against Jang/Geo Group, Chief Executive and Editor-in-Chief of Jang Group and Geo TV, Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman.

According to GEo TV, Imran Khan has been asked to give an unconditional apology and pay Rs. one billion in damages within 14 days. If he fails to do so, the media group has said that it will initiate legal action against him in a court of law.

Notices have been served on Khan through Advocate Amir Abdullah Abbasi at his Zaman Park residence in Lahore and at his Bani Gala residence in Islamabad for defamation under Section 8 of the Defamation Ordinance, 2002.

The legal notice has been attached with a gist of all the lies and falsehood that Imran Khan has been spreading with no fear of any accountability and against all norms of decency, sobriety and a value for the truth and impartiality. (ANI)