Tribune may sue Statesman

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published 13 years ago

The Express Tribune is considering a lawsuit against The Statesman for reportedly plagiarizing an article from June. The Statesman published the story under a different byline.

Summary

PESHAWAR: The Express Tribune plans to serve a legal notice on The Statesman for plagiarizing their content.

The Statesman, a daily from Peshawar run by the Mashriq Group of Newspapers, reproduced a story originally published by The Express Tribune on June 22.

The Tribune story titled “Ephedrine case: PHC grants 7-day protective bail to Shahbuddin’ was filed by Umer Farooq, the newspaper’s Peshawar correspondent. It first went up on tribune.com.pk.
(http://tribune.com.pk/story/397673/ephedrine-case-phc-grants-7-day-protective-bail-to-shahabuddin/)

However, much to everyone’s surprise, The Statesman reproduced that story under the byline of their reporter Rahimullah Shah. (http://www.statesman.com.pk/city/more.htm)

Those in the know of this development tell JournalismPakistan.com the Tribune Editor Kamal Siddiqui has been informed of this matter and initiating legal action is being considered.
 

KEY POINTS:

• The Express Tribune plans to serve a legal notice.
• The Statesman reproduced a Tribune story under a different byline.
• The Tribune article was filed by Umer Farooq.
• Legal action is being considered by Tribune Editor Kamal Siddiqui.
• The original story was published on tribune.com.pk.