Ahsan Bhoon serves Rs5bn defamation notice on Capt Safdar
LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Bar Council’s member Ahsan Bhoon has served a Rs5 billion defamation notice on retired Capt Muhammad Safdar, husband of Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, demanding an unconditional public apology and retraction of the allegation that his LLB degree is fake. The notice, issued by Kilam Law-Barristers & Legal Consultants, states that Safdar, speaking publicly outside the…
Pakistan Bar Council member Ahsan Bhoon has issued a Rs5 billion defamation notice against retired Capt Muhammad Safdar, demanding an unconditional public apology and retraction of his allegations that Bhoon's LLB degree is fake. The notice, issued by Kilam Law-Barristers & Legal Consultants, states that Safdar made the allegations publicly outside the Supreme Court on or around September 23, without providing any supporting proof.
Bhoon, who is a well-respected lawyer and former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association, has served in various capacities, including advocate of the lower courts in 1989, advocate of the high court in 1992, advocate of the Supreme Court in 2003, and multiple terms on the Pakistan Bar Council. If Safdar fails to retract his allegations and apologize within seven days, defamation proceedings, including under the Punjab Defamation Act of 2024, will be initiated, along with possible criminal proceedings.
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