The PML-N has sued former Mehran Bank president for Rs 10 billion for involving PML-N president Nawaz Sharif and Punjab CM Shahbaz Sharif in the Mehran Bank scam.
The lawyer of Nawaz Sharif and Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has sent legal notices for damages of Rs 10 billion each to former president of Mehran Bank for defamation.
It has been stated in the notices that Younis Habib leveled fabricated and unsubstantiated allegations for damaging the political and social standing of Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif. In the notices served through famous legal firm Cornelius, Lane and Mufti Advocates and Solicitors, it has been stated that Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif were respectable and highly revered citizens of the country and the former had twice served as a prime minister of the country while the latter had twice been the chief minister of Punjab.
“Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif during their tenures took steps for the supremacy of law in the country, ensuring sovereignty and strengthening of national economy as well as utilized all resources for the welfare of the masses. It has further been observed in the notices that Younis Habib tried to conduct media trial of Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif by leveling false and slanderous allegations for damaging their political and social status,” the notice said.
It has been stated that Habib gave contradictory statements on media and changed his stance again and again, which was proof of him being a liar.
After the receipt of notices Younis Habib should tender a formal apology in print and electronic media within 14 days of the receipt of the legal notice otherwise legal proceedings would be initiated against him seeking damages of a minimum of Rs 10 billion each, according to the notice.
PML-N sues Younis Habib for Rs 10b
