LAHORE: A sessions court on Wednesday issued a notice to journalist and TV anchorperson Sami Ibrahim in connection with a defamation suit filed by Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry. On July 5, Chaudhry filed a defamation suit against the journalist for making “false allegations” against him “without any legal justification in order to defame and blackmail him”. As per Chaudhry’s suit, a “series of continuous defamatory allegations were made by accused as [a] TV anchor and on social media”. ” […] on failure [he] started a defamatory campaign against the complainant which resulted in defamation as defined under Pakistan Penal Code, hence accused should be proceeded against in accordance with the law.”In his petition, Chaudhry called for Ibrahim to be summoned and punished in accordance with the law. Additional Sessions Judge Amjad Ali Shah issued a notice to the journalist and summoned a reply on July 19.

Source: Pakistan Today July 17, 2019 14:03 UTC