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In the notice, which the Indian Express has access to, Luqman has been asked to apologise within 14 days. The defamation suit is of Rs 1 billion PKR (100 crore PKR or 30 crore INR)
“You are hereby called upon to tender an unconditional apology and retraction in the same manner in which you issued the defamatory statements on your YouTube show and with the same prominence within a period of 14 days, failing which our client reserves the right to institute legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction, against you, under the Defamation Ordinance 2002 for damages of Rs 1 Billion,” read the notice.
Babar Azam’s lawyer Qazi Umair Ali has accused Luqman for not respecting a generational talent, who has won so many games for Pakistan.
“We have got a player of Babar’s calibre after a long time. Maybe after Younis Khan. The things which have been said are absolutely ridiculous. In the past, such things have also happened in Pakistan cricket. Yes, he didn’t perform well. It happens. Virat Kohli struggled for three years, and we never heard a word about anything negative from India about Virat, instead, the entire country was backing him,” Ali tells The Indian Express.
Ali says the Pakistan captain doesn’t want to drag the issue but only wants an apology from Luqman.
“In Pakistan, you have to give a 14-day notice before filing a case in the court. If the person comes forward and apologises in that 14-day time then it is well and good. If they don’t then you can go to the court and file the case,” he says.
In the wake of Pakistan’s exit from the World Cup, senior journalist Mubashir Luqman has implied that Babar Azam was involved in match-fixing.
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“You are hereby called upon to tender an unconditional apology and retraction in the same manner in which you issued the defamatory statements on your YouTube show and with the same prominence within a period of 14 days, failing which our client reserves the right to institute legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction, against you, under the Defamation Ordinance 2002 for damages of Rs 1 Billion,” read the notice.
Babar Azam’s lawyer Qazi Umair Ali has accused Luqman for not respecting a generational talent, who has won so many games for Pakistan.
“We have got a player of Babar’s calibre after a long time. Maybe after Younis Khan. The things which have been said are absolutely ridiculous. In the past, such things have also happened in Pakistan cricket. Yes, he didn’t perform well. It happens. Virat Kohli struggled for three years, and we never heard a word about anything negative from India about Virat, instead, the entire country was backing him,” Ali tells The Indian Express.
Ali says the Pakistan captain doesn’t want to drag the issue but only wants an apology from Luqman.
“In Pakistan, you have to give a 14-day notice before filing a case in the court. If the person comes forward and apologises in that 14-day time then it is well and good. If they don’t then you can go to the court and file the case,” he says.
In the wake of Pakistan’s exit from the World Cup, senior journalist Mubashir Luqman has implied that Babar Azam was involved in match-fixing.
Babar Azam files defamation notice against journalist over match-fixing allegations during T20 World Cup
Pakistan white-ball captain Babar Azam was accused of receiving expensive gifts as bribes in order to deliberately perform poorly in the T20 World Cup.
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