Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Taimur Saleem Khan Jhagra has issued a defamation discover to former get together member Sher Afzal Marwat, demanding Rs1bn in damages for alleged false accusations.
The authorized discover, delivered by way of Jhagra’s representatives, comes after Marwat made allegations of monetary misconduct throughout two televised discuss reveals on March 11, 2025.
Marwat accused Jhagra of embezzling Rs36bn from the pension fund and buying properties in Hayatabad and Islamabad utilizing illicit funds.
Jhagra’s authorized counsel, Advocate Ali Gohar Durrani, strongly rejected the allegations, describing them as baseless, malicious, and defamatory.
The discover additional claimed that the accusations have been made with the intent to wreck Jhagra’s social {and professional} status, stressing that the statements lacked any factual foundation and violated Pakistan’s Defamation Ordinance, 2002.
The discover calls for that Marwat stop and desist from additional defamatory remarks, difficulty a public apology by way of TV channels and social media platforms, retract his statements, make clear the misinformation publicly, and pay Rs1 billion in compensation for the reputational {and professional} damages brought on by his claims.
Failure to adjust to these calls for inside 14 days will lead to civil and felony proceedings, the discover warns.
This authorized motion comes amid rising tensions inside PTI. Final month, PTI founder Imran Khan, at present incarcerated, ordered Marwat’s expulsion from the get together for violating get together self-discipline.
This choice adopted Marwat’s controversial remarks at a rally in Swabi, the place he criticised alleged election rigging and claimed that “dangerous individuals” like him had been useful throughout troublesome occasions, whereas “good individuals” had remained silent.
Khan expressed his displeasure with Marwat’s statements and directed get together management to terminate his membership. Marwat, in flip, responded to his expulsion by asserting that his unwavering assist for PTI throughout difficult occasions had been ignored and that his voice had not been heard earlier than his elimination.