Islamabad (HRNW) Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has said the government has decided to file a criminal defamation case against Justice (retd) Wajihuddin Ahmed who earlier this week claimed that Jahangir Tareen used to pay Rs5 million per month to run Imran Khan’s household expenses.
Addressing a press conference on Thursday, Chauhdry said Tareen has denied the allegations levelled by Wajihuddin.
Chaudhry said media outlets should not have aired the allegations from Wajihuddin without first corroborating with Tareen.
He claimed that some of the TV channels had launched a campaign on the basis of Wajihuddin’s statement.
He said the government would also serve notices on those TV channels.
Chaudhry said the reputation of the prime minister was targeted in this campaign and a violation of article 9 of the Constitution of Pakistan was seen.
The federal minister stressed that there should be a discussion on new legislation about defamation and courts should also take notice.
He said in the absence of “strict” laws fake news would more and more weaken the system of the country.
Chaudhry urged the judiciary to set up special benches at district and high court levels to stem defamation campaigns against state institutions and important figures. “The trend by media outlets to slander people should stop now,” he said.
Chaudhry said media freedom was being misused.
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