Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan has issued a legal notice to Khawaja Asif for defamation of his character through false allegations on major media outlets on August 1, 2012. According to the notice, Khawaja Asif is legally liable for each instance of the publication, republication, broadcast, re-broadcast, and receipt communication and reporting of the defamatory material uttered along with false allegations.
The legal notice also states that Khawaja Asif has purposely made insidious remarks on Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust (SKMT) alleging that its Chairman Imran Khan had indulged in money laundering.
It says that Khawaja Asif has insidiously alleged misuse of the Endowment Fund of the Shaukat Khanum Hospital to discredit the integrity and transparency of affairs at SKMT.
He incited and induced the public at large all over Pakistan and the rest of the world to not make any donations to SKMT. “By this action you have caused harm to not only this national institution but also the poor and indigent patients who rely upon the financial sustenance of zakat donations for their treatment,” the notice says.
The legal notice goes on to add that “given the eminent public standing Imran Khan enjoys as the Founder and Chairman of the Board of SKMT, and a political leader in whom a growing number of Pakistanis have immense faith, you have tried to cause harm to his impeccable reputation.”
The legal notice to Khawaja Asif demands an unconditional apology and payment of damages for the defamation caused in Pakistan and around the world by these scurrilous allegations.