ISLAMABAD: Former Special Assistant to Prime Minister Syed Zulfi Bukhari has served a 100 million pound defamation notice to PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari over his “irresponsible” remarks against him.
Taking to Twitter today (Thursday), the PTI leader said, “After consulting with my legal team, I’ve decided to move ahead with defamation proceedings against Bilawal Zardari for his recent irresponsible remarks.”
After consulting with my legal team, I’ve decided to move ahead with defamation proceedings against #Bilawal Zardari for his recent irresponsible remarks.
His poor understanding about most things again made him blurt out things fed to him, provoking issues he knows nothing about. pic.twitter.com/e1KnzzpZJA— Sayed Z Bukhari (@sayedzbukhari) July 1, 2021
“His poor understanding about most things again made him blurt out things fed to him, provoking issues he knows nothing about,” the former special assistant added.
In the defamation notice, Bukhari has asked Bilawal to acknowledge receipt of the notice, withdraw his comments clearly (in black and white), publicly apologise over national media, take an oath to not utter such defamatory remarks against him again and propose payment for damages caused.
“In case you fail to comply with the forgoing within a period of fourteen (14) days, we have standing instructions from our Client (Mr Bukhari) to institute legal proceedings against you in the court of law,” read the notice.
Zulfi Bukhari served the notice after the PPP chairman raised objections over reports of the former SAPM’s alleged visit to Israel. Bilawal, in a press conference, said that the government must “reveal the details of Zulfi Bukhari’s alleged visit to Israel.”
“There are reports that an aeroplane flew to Israel from Pakistan, so the government must clarify the details of the route before the nation,” said Bilawal. He questioned: “If a plane had flown to Israel via Pakistan, then who granted permission for that?”
Earlier in June, Zulfi Bukhari and the Foreign Office had denied reports that he had secretly visited Israel “to pass on a message of an important person.”
“[I] did not go to Israel. Funny bit is Pakistani paper says I went to Israel based on “Israeli news source” and Israeli paper says I went to Israel based on a “Pakistani source” — wonder who this imaginative Pakistani source is,” Bukhari tweeted while rejecting the media reports.
