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Legal Notice: Punjab govt to sue Mubashir Lucman
Legal notice was sent for damages of Rs1 billion to Mubashir Lucman.
Legal notice was sent for damages of Rs1 billion to Mubashir Lucman. PHOTO: INP/FILE
LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided to sue Dunya News anchor Mubashir Lucman over his programme on the provincial government’s laptop distribution scheme.
According to an official handout, PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif and Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif have asked the Special Assistant on Education to Punjab chief minister Zaeem Qadri, to send a legal notice to Lucman.
The legal notice was sent for damages of Rs1 billion to Lucman for leveling allegations in a programme against the scheme without any proof.
Qadri said that Lucman had levelled baseless, unfounded and misleading allegations against the transparent procedure of the distribution programme, and did not bother to take the Punjab government’s point of view, which he said was against journalistic values.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 5th, 2012.
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Good move as “Azad Adlia” is currently on their side :) .
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This courage of punjab government shows the smooth transperency in laptop scheme because truth is power full then false allegation.
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All PTI+PPP based anchors programme are based on false allegation on PML-N with out any proof if any one got proof go to court if not then dont mix truth with false statements.
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big brother with 1 billion you can get daily hair transplants..
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Mubashar Luqman is certainly lying. I support PML(N) at this particular point.
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PML-N owns the PCO SC justices. Their cases would be taken up on priority basis. However, the cases against Sharif and PML-N are rotting in the courts without any hearing.
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Media persons should verify the sources before allegations. Very good move by PML(N). After all, Dunya Channel is bias against PML(N).
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Shariff brothers trying to get all the money back they spent on laptops :p 1b rupees?? Really?? Lol
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GO NAWAZ GO
Azad Adalia is waiting for your petition. You will get “relief” in first hearing.
Poor Lucman
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Don’t worry Mubashar, the entire Pakistani public is with you. These zero-value legal notices from zero-value Government can’t do anything to you!Recommend
Instead of sending him a notice they should take him to court in KP,not in punjab as the Punjab Govt cant manipulate the findings and decision in this province.Here in KP we don’t have Kangaroo court, though they are paid half of what the judiciary get in Punjab
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v all knows that mubasher is a master of yellow journalism and alwats speaks against pml-n…mian sb rocks..
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corrupt people r trying to scare the reporter
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Let us see what is the result! Just a political (eyewash) or the case will be persued till the end?
A Peshawary
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without any proof? the man showed proof with every single thing he said. He had letters and receipts both. What more proof do you want?
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Why not I sue to Punjab govt.to all illegal and innocent killing in Punjab specially in Lahore
They are not fail, in their commencement, Why not sue to chief minister for not taking any
action against the mullah in Punjab, those spreading religious, frustration in Pakistan.
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Yellow/Agenda-based Journalism: Lucman deservers this. If we analyse his show in last 1-2 years, we’ll see that 80% of the shows were against N-League or Punjab government. Such legal notice would help in curbing yellow journalism.
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all pml n supporters need to wake up this is 2012Recommend
Yes he must be, as if don’t encourage positive activities then how could we thins team of change. Infact duniya tv is quite biased channel and portray that only PTI members are angles and rest every one is evil. I feel pity on PTI and their duniya tv Chanel ….what a shame!Recommend
Good work against the yellow journalist …
These former musharaf ministers are still working anti PML N movement .
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Lucman, dont be afraid of these lunatics..we are with you. Keep exposing such corrupt people and policies
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Pmln did just to secure their position in eye of public, but they will never persue it coz mubashar have many more other things to take on pmln. Pity for pmln
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Sharifs talk about independence of media and judiciary but when it comes to them, their’s burns.
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Dell is a respected brand ( highly valued in UK as well) and trust me majority of computers in the UK are manufactured in China. Come on Mr Lucman you can make better use of people’s time…..Recommend
@tanveer:
go to court and sue get courage first
@Saad Sethi:
No only PPP+PTI With you not all nation
@moeed:
We are awake from the day first of this PPP Government and try to stop this governemt from corruption but PPP+PTI Supporter come against this battle feild to protect ppp government
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Punjab govt has no money to pay salaries to Doctors and teachers and Khadam e Aala is distributing labtops. Now getting involve in useless litigation. First go and pay salaries instead of wasting resources.
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He claimed that the software was loaded with Windows 7. In reality it came loaded with Ubuntu Linux and there were no copyright infringements. Recommend
The fact that someone has sent legal notice to media person, speaks of irresponsibility of media. Often we see unfounded news and analysis. This notice alone should make this program controversial.
If transparency international has given an OK to this laptops scheme, how can we not trust that? OK, If we don’t have to trust them, we should not either trust their report of 8500 billion corruption (IK keeps referring to that report)
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For once someone does something right for the Youth of the Nation, enables them with Laptops on Merit and people cannot digest this. PMLN has the best leadership out there. Punjab government has the best policies out there. I salute PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif and Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif.
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I am worried that how the so called literate supporters of PTI can swoop so low i.e. fabricate stories that are complete lies against only one party which is lesser of all the so called evils. These are not good signs and this is defenitely deterring me and many from having any soft corner for PTI. We should wake up, choose the right tarrget without any compromise and be able to tell a difference between cooked lies and valid criticsm. I am sure that PTI who speaks of high morals and ideals would not want to win using such cheap tactics.Recommend
Sharif brother should sue Raymond Baker who has exposed their corruption with facts, figures and proofs in his book Capitalism Achilles Heel. The author also alleged them in corruption over their whole so called political life. Laptop scam was the only one issue, along with other several looting schemes. Even in that talk show, both Mr. Lucman and Mr. Nisar suggested mian bothers to sue Raymond Baker and they promised that they will finically support them. I think both journalists hit on sport.
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Phoka fire from Pakistan Memo League (Noora Kushti Group).
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Q: Why PTI Supporter concentratted on PML-N corruption and which is not proof yet but what about proof corruption of PPP.
Answer: PML-N Anti PPP
PTI Anti PML-N
So whose supporting PPP
PML-N or PTI
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Mr Lucman.Watch out. You could be in thick soup at the hands of Sharif,s friendly courts
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we are with mubashir lucman against this drama league!!!! mubashir lucman tweeted there are a lot more to come……
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@Sharif Shabaz:
probably that would be big brother’s only concern!
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Lucman did a shameful piece of journalism because:
1) He said Punjab govt has not purchased original Dell but rather a ‘made in china’ dell, -fact is lucman, while you were living under a rock, China became the official manufacturing base, p.s. im writing this message on a Dell laptop(not from the scheme) and what do you know, it says “made in china”, heck even an iphone is made in china, they just have a better way of saying that.
2) He said pirated windows are being installed in these laptops, fact is hafeez center is providing pirated windows to you, originally the laptops come with Ubuntu, a free-ware OS
3) The price he quoted for a 15.6″ Dell, well buddy i dont know what currency you were talking in!
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I recently saw one video and that was interested. In the Past PTI followers used to Call Mubasshir the biggest Fraudster and now Mubasshir is a Darling for PTI.
Just see this small clip. Mubasshir was a bad guy for PTI in the past but since he is bashing PMLN now he is the darling of PTI.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zl6qY3QjJ0
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@Mirza:
“PML-N owns the PCO SC justices. Their cases would be taken up on priority basis.”
The people of Pakistan proudly “owns” the current judiciary of Pakistan Supreme Court. They are the heroes of Pakistani nation as they refused to submit to the corrupt and inept leadership of Pakistan Plunder Party with whom you have open sympathies and affiliations.
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Thats a very good step taken by punjab government ….Recommend
Its a good move, though i strongly oppose the laptop scheme. it is such a wastage of money and also shows how dumb the leaders are for not knowing the country’s/ punjab’s priorities. Also Shows how back ward minded these leaders are. Anyway pml-N got a chance to get some money out of mubashir lucman for at least some of his charges seem to be false. I guess the PML-N just got lucky..
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