ISLAMABAD, July 26: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif on Friday served a legal notice to the British publication Daily Mail for accusing him of embezzling public funds.
The July 14 article accused Shehbaz of misusing funds allocated for earthquake victims. David Rose, the author of the article, has also been named in the legal notice served by Shehbaz’s counsel in London.
The PML-N president’s counsel, in the notice, argued that “the article is gravely defamatory of Mr Sharif, including false allegations that he misappropriated the UK taxpayer’s money in the form of DFID aid intended for the victims of the devastating 2005 earthquake in Pakistan,” further stating that Shehbaz denies these allegations in the strongest possible terms.
“I am utterly appalled by these allegations. It is disgusting for the Mail to claim that I stole money from a fund for earthquake victims. Clearly were there any evidence in support of this or any other allegations contained in the article against me, then I would have been arrested and charged,” the letter quoted Shehbaz as saying. – Agencies
