PPP leader Sharmila Farooqui has filed a Rs 50 million defamation suit against TV show host Nadia Khan, it came to light on Sunday.
The notice has come a few days after Khan made a video With Farooqui’s mother in which she “praised” her makeup and style.
Angered by the nature of the video, Farooqui had said that she would take legal action against Khan and had registered a case with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).
On January 20, Khan uploaded another Video to youtube channel outstyle.comIn which he targeted Farooqui and said that PPP leaders want “media propaganda”. She also said that her comment about Farooqui’s mother was meant to praise her and not make fun of her.
In response to these developments, Farooqui has sent a defamation notice to Khan, a copy of which is available with don.com, The notice dated January 26 was sent to Khan through Farooqui’s lawyer and it was said that the former had published a defamatory video on the YouTube channel. outstyle.com,
“It is a well-known fact that anyone who runs a YouTube channel gets remunerated for views and engagement as the website is designed to encourage and encourage the sharing of sensationalist information without any fact-checking mechanism or regulation. Therefore, by posting hate speech against my client, you are trying to create controversy just to attract attention,” the notice said.
The notice states that Khan has violated the privacy of the PPP leader’s mother. It said that when Farooqui initiated legal action in this regard, “Instead of understanding the agony of a daughter, whose mother is mourning the loss of her husband, and is subject to sarcasm and ridicule by you, you have done the same thing.” Took recourse to the YouTube channel as a means of revenge.”
“Saying that my client took your mother’s case against you for media time, and that decent families don’t work that way, and also that she’s using [the] sympathy card against his mother for campaigning, you have not only adversely affected the goodwill of my client but also damaged his reputation, ridiculing him, unjust criticism, by undermining the estimate of many of his followers/voters/supporters, dislike, contempt or hatred,” the notice added.
The complainant’s counsel said that, therefore, it is clear that Khan’s remarks were made with malicious intent, and intended to create social media publicity as “a distasteful attempt to increase viewership at the cost of my client’s goodwill”. .
The complainant demanded Khan to withdraw the publication and circulation of the video within 15 days from the date of legal notice.
“You are also liable to pay Rs 50 million as compensation for the damage to my client’s reputation and his mental injury and suffering within 15 days from the date of this legal notice,” the notice said.
Khan to retaliate with defamation notice of his own
In response, the TV show host said that she would also send a defamation notice of Rs 50 million to the politician.
In a video seen by don.com, she said that it seems Farooqui was not done with her “drama” and needed more “promotion and screen time”.
She said her lawyers had informed her from the start that there was a “strong case” against Farooqui, but she decided to wait and see if the PPP leader would shut up. “But she’s not going to keep quiet,” adding that Farooqui had made up “an imaginary situation in her head.”
“Everyone told her on social media that there was nothing in the video […] But she doesn’t understand,” Khan said, adding that Farooqui was adamant on sticking to the “concocted” story.
In the video, Khan asks Sharmila to focus on the issues being faced by the people of the country. “Look how much time he has for non-issue […] But they don’t have the time, money or interest to solve the problems faced by Dalits.”
He said that Farooqui should instead focus on working for the party and the country. “If he had worked for the welfare of a woman or a child, he would have got the same promotion.”