Reham Khan, who married Imran Khan in 2015, lived with him for beneath two years earlier than their divorce.
Islamabad:
Pakistan’s minister for communications Murad Saeed has served a authorized discover on Prime Minister Imran Khan’s former spouse Reham Khan for making baseless allegations towards him in her e book.
In accordance with a press launch issued by the Data Ministry on Sunday, Mr Saeed sought an unconditional apology from Reham inside 14 days; in any other case, a defamation swimsuit of Rs 100 crore can be filed towards her, the Daybreak newpaper reported on Monday.
“Tender apology inside 14 days from this discover in any other case the court docket can be requested for her stern punishment and Rs 1 billion damages,” the minister stated the official announcement.
Mr Saeed stated a couple of days in the past, his ministry acquired distinction by standing primary amongst prime 10 ministries attributable to extraordinary efficiency however the achievement was made controversial with the reference to the contents of Reham’s e book, which was printed in 2018.
“Your e book was used as a reference for launching malicious propaganda and false allegations,” he stated.
The minister stated Reham by no means contradicted some references from her e book that had been leaked earlier than it was printed. “Later, with the reference to her e book, false allegations had been levelled towards Murad Saeed,” the press launch stated.
Earlier this month, the communications minister filed a cyber crime case towards the editor-in-chief of Each day Jinnah and On-line Information Company – Mohsin Baig – with Federal Investigation Company (FIA) for, what he known as, his “character assassination”, throughout a chat present on a non-public TV channel.
Throughout the present, Mr Baig and different panelists had given a reference to Reham Khan’s e book, implying why Mr Saeed was known as a ‘blue-eyed’ minister of the Prime Minister Khan’s Cupboard.
Mr Saeed, some days again, had vowed to take authorized motion towards Reham for “disgracing him and the PM” in her e book launched in July 2018, it stated.
Reham, who married Imran Khan in 2015, lived with him for lower than two years and acquired divorce in November 2016.
In her e book printed after the divorce, she insinuated a few relationship between her former husband Khan and Saeed.
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