Iftikhar Chaudhry files complaint with PCP against Daily Dunya

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published: 12 August 2015

Former Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry has lodged a complaint against Daily Dunya with the Press Council of Pakistan. He demands a public apology or a contradiction over a misleading photo published in the newspaper.

Summary

ISLAMABAD: Former Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Chaudhry (pictured) has filed a complaint with Press Council of Pakistan (PCP) against Daily Dunya, seeking an unconditional apology from the publisher or a contradiction about a photo published in the newspaper on July 2. The newspaper published a story along with a photograph of Chaudhry’s son, Dr Arsalan Iftikhar, and super model Ayan Ali, saying both of them traveled together to Monte Carlo in 2010. Earlier, Chaudhry had served a legal notice on Mian Aamir Mahmood, Publisher and Printer/Editor-in-Chief of Daily Dunya and Arshad Raheem Lone, Islamabad editor of the paper. The complaint with the Press Council maintains that a notice was sent to the respondents on July 13 but despite a lapse of more than 15 days as required under the Press Council of Pakistan Ordinance, no response was received. The former Chief Justice says in the complaint that the respondents should be directed to publish a contradiction about the news item or tender an unconditional apology on the newspaper's front page.

KEY POINTS:

• Iftikhar Chaudhry filed a complaint with the PCP.
• The complaint relates to a photo pairing Chaudhry's son and a model.
• Daily Dunya allegedly published inaccurate information.
• Chaudhry seeks an unconditional apology or a contradiction.
• Legal notice sent prior to the PCP complaint elicited no response.