Former Radio Pakistan director general (DG) Murtaza Solangi on Wednesday updated the nation on his case against Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry for slander via Twitter.
According to pictures of the court orders shared on his Twitter account, “The respondent is restrained from publishing, writing, and spreading any defamatory statements against the plaintiff as well as social media. However, this order will have no effect on other court or legal proceedings”.
The court orders against Fawad Chaudhry. Restraining order issued. Next date of hearing is fixed for November 15. pic.twitter.com/hUlx6IQui2
— Murtaza Solangi (@murtazasolangi) November 6, 2018
The next date of hearing has been fixed for November 15 for which Solangi thanked lawyer Yasser Latif Hamdani.
Thanks to @theRealYLH a defamation suit has been filed against Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry. The court has restrained him from his defamatory comments on all kind of media, pending verdict of the court.
— Murtaza Solangi (@murtazasolangi) November 6, 2018
The public had all sorts of opinions. Some noticed the font while others scrutinised the paperwork more than the court itself.
Others offered free legal advice.
And some warned him.
Earlier on September 28, the former DG had made it known through a tweet that he would be taking the information minister to court for “slander and falsehood” for claiming that the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) had “appointed a taxi driver from New York” as DG of the state-owned radio station.
The info minister had passed the remarks during a session of the National Assembly (NA). “Radio Pakistan needs RS5.25 billion to remain functional. It is already incurring a loss of RS1.25 billion. A taxi driver from New York was appointed director-general of the company. There will be no sympathy for those who are corrupt. This country will not progress until the wrongdoers are punished,” Fawad had said.
The DG was not the only one who felt enraged by the minister’s statements as a handful of opposition lawmakers had refused through the session, staging a walkout after Fawad called them after Chaudhry called them “robbers and thieves”.
The session was resumed after the minister apologised to the lawmakers; however, Solangi was not pacified and decided to take the legal route.
