Ex-Pak PM Imran Khan's Wife Serves Notice To Maryam Nawaz Over 'Defamatory, Slanderous' Accusations

<p>Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan&rsquo;s wife, Bushra Bibi, has served a legal notice to Pakistan Muslim League (N)&rsquo;s top leader Maryam Nawaz asking her to apologise for making 'defamatory' accusations against her. Bibi served Nawaz a legal notice demanding an apology for hurling "defamatory, false, frivolous and slanderous accusations" against her during the May Day speech in Lahore, according to news agency PTI.&nbsp;</p> <p>The notice said that Maryam&rsquo;s statement was part of a &ldquo;vilification campaign&rdquo; aimed to &ldquo;harm, defame and denigrate&rdquo; Bushra Bibi and her family with &ldquo;criminal object to benefit the political opponents of Imran Khan&rdquo;, the report added.</p> <p>"Maryam has launched a vilification campaign to defame and denigrate Bushra Bibi who is a pardah (veil) observing lady and her family with criminal objects to benefit the political opponents of <a title="Imran Khan" href="https://ift.tt/U5ukQPt" data-type="interlinkingkeywords">Imran Khan</a>," it was quoted by PTI.</p> <p>In her speech, Maryam accused Bushra of taking &ldquo;five-carat gold rings&rdquo; as bribes for facilitating the transfer of a piece of land to a property tycoon during Khan&rsquo;s tenure as prime minister. According to news outlet Dawn, the PML(N) leader said &ldquo;five-carat gold rings as bribes for getting documents signed by authorities&rdquo; during her address.</p> <p>Bushra has asked Maryam to withdraw her allegations and issue an apology to her within seven days or face the court of law.</p> <p>The notice further stated that Maryam&rsquo;s &ldquo;slanderous&rdquo; statement was heard and viewed by everyone across the world and in Pakistan, it created a &ldquo;ridiculous impression&rdquo; that Bushra Bibi was a dishonest and unethical person, Dawn reported.</p> <p>The notice asked Maryam to withdraw her May 1 statement and issue an apology to Bushra within seven days or face the court of law.</p> <p>Responding to the notice, the chief organiser of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), said in a tweet, "Now she (Bushra Bibi) will at least go to the court where her thefts will be exposed."</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="rtl" lang="ur">چلیں اسی بہانے عدالت تو جائیں گے۔ جائیں گے تو اپنی ہی چوریاں کھلیں گی اور جواب دینا پڑے گا جس کے ثبوت اپنی ہی آواز میں موجود ہیں ☺️ <a href="https://ift.tt/YVjIgsT> &mdash; Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryamNSharif/status/1654150746818985990?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2023</a></blockquote> <p> <script src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script> </p> <p>According to Dawn, earlier this week, PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry had revealed that Bushra Bibi had decided to lodge a criminal case against Maryam.</p>