जियो न्यूज, इस्लामाबाद के एक्जीक्यूटिव एडिटर और मशहूर पाकिस्तानी पत्रकार हामिद मीर की एक तालिबानी आतंकी से बातचीत के टेप के बारे में विस्तार से खबर छापने वाले डेली टाइम्स के प्रकाशक, संपादक और स्टाफ रिपोर्टर को हामिद मीर ने लीगल नोटिस भेजा है. यह लीगल नोटिस बिजनेस प्लस चैनल के सीईओ को भी भेजा है जिसने तालिबानी आतंकी से बातचीत के टेप के बारे में विस्तार से खबरें प्रकाशित कीं व दिखाईं. हामिद मीर ने इन खबरों को मनगढ़ंत और छवि खराब करने वाला करार दिया. इस बारे में डेली टाइम्स की वेबसाइट पर प्रकाशित पूरी खबर इस प्रकार है-
Hamid Mir sends legal notice to Daily Times
LAHORE: GEO News Islamabad Executive Editor Hamid Mir has sent legal notices to the publisher, editor and staff reporter of Daily Times, as well as the chief executive of TV channel Business Plus for publishing and telecasting “defamatory material against him”.
Mir claimed that the story carried and telecast by the newspaper and the channel, respectively, was “based on malafide intentions and had lowered him in the estimation of general public as the enemy of the state”.
Mir has demanded a written apology within 14 days and its publication in the newspaper and has asked the respondents to pay damages worth Rs 250 million in compensation, else legal action would be taken.
Mir’s notice, sent through his lawyer said, “You have published a libellous report titled ‘Hamid Mir’s terrifying indiscretions’ along with the transcript of an alleged communication in the newspaper Daily Times on 16 May 2010, falsely attributed to Mr Hamid Mir and an unidentified man. Our client vehemently denies the conversation made in the alleged communication as fabricated and concocted one.”
“The said column and transcript was published in Daily Times in breach of professional conduct and without verifying the accuracy and authenticity of the source of information. The staff reporter also transgressed and wrongly associated Mr Mir with terrorist groups at his whim based upon unverified information from an anonymous source.”
The notice further said, “The points of interest mentioned at the end of column were also aimed to cause hatred and dislike for Mr Mir in specific sections of the society. Further, the publication of editorial titled Shocking revelations in Daily Times on 17 May 2010, which wrongly propagated Mr Mir’s indiscretion in Khalid Khawaja’s murder…”
