LONDON: Former reporter of Daily Mail, David Rose has responded to media reports being circulated in Pakistan which purport to show that the British newspaper has tendered apology over over a 2019 article which accused him of stealing British aid money meant for earthquake victims.
Taking to Twitter, David Rose explained that Messrs Sharif and Yousaf had not issued replies to our defences that comply with the requirements of English law. Those defences therefore stand, and are public documents.
THREAD. There seems to be some confusion in the Pakistani media about the end reached yesterday to the defamation cases brought by @CMShehbaz and Ali Imran Yousaf against he Mail on Sunday.
— David Rose (@DavidRoseUK) December 9, 2022
He further said that The newspaper has not paid Mr Sharif or Mr Yousaf either damages or costs, and it has not waived the costs orders made against them by Mr Justice Nicklin last month.
It is pertinent to mention Pakistan media across the board published and ran stories claiming that the Daily Mail had not only tendered apology but also deleted its post for being ‘completely false’.
David Rose, however, contradicted the narrative by saying “there seems to be some confusion in the Pakistani media about the end reached yesterday to the defamation cases brought by Shehbaz Sharif and Ali Imran Yousaf against he Mail on Sunday.”
He said he apology issued covered only one point: That NAB did not accuse Mr Sharif of stealing large sums of DFID aid when he was chief minister of Punjab. The newspaper has not apologised for other allegations in the article, such as those covering alleged money-laundering.
David Rose added that “Sharif and Yousaf had not issued replies to our defences that comply with the requirements of English law. Those defences therefore stand, and are public documents,” and that the newspaper has not paid Mr Sharif or Mr Yousaf either damages or costs, and it has not waived the costs orders made against them by Mr Justice Nicklin last month.
