JournalismPakistan.com | Published May 19, 2015
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ISLAMABAD: Pak Tea House blog, founded by senior journalist Raza Rumi, has been served legal notice by Axact for running tweets off Twitter following The New York Times story Monday that accused the company of selling fake degrees.
“You are called upon through the instant notice to immediately take down the links within 24 hours from receipt of this notice and extend an unconditional apology and retraction, for your illegal, defamatory, slanderous and malicious actions, through the same medium,” the notice says.
Shortly after the NYT published the article about Axact’s alleged involvement in issuance of fake degrees and diplomas, Pak Tea House compiled some of the reactions to the story on social media, especially off Twitter, on its blog.
“If the company (Axact) is aggrieved it should present counter-facts and prove that NYT story is wrong. Instead it has chosen the path of bullying and serving legal notices with threats that they can proceed anywhere,” the Pak Tea House said.
A NYT story Tuesday said the publication of the article, “Fake Diplomas, Real Cash: Pakistani Company Axact Reaps Millions,” prompted more than 6,500 responses on Twitter using the hashtag #Axact.
Rumi said in one of his tweets that they are not taking down the content from their blog despite threats and legal notice from Axact.
See the legal notice here
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