The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has decided to challenge the Punjab defamation law in court. This announcement was made by Malik Ahmed Khan Bhachar, the opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly, in a statement on Sunday.
Commenting on the Punjab government’s performance, Bhachar said that turning the Punjab Defamation Act 2024 into law and compounding problems for farmers by not purchasing wheat from them were the Punjab government’s achievements in its first 100 days of governance.
The PTI leader also slammed the PPP, saying that it claimed to be a democratic party, but allegedly facilitated the signing of the defamation act into law. The PTI leader said that his party stood with the journalist fraternity and would challenge the defamation law in court. Bhachar said that the Punjab government announced Rs30 billion for the establishment of a cancer hospital, but allocated funds of just Rs300 million which, according to him, were insufficient even for a stretch of five-kilometre road.—INP
