ISLAMABAD: Lawyer leader Ahsan Bhoon has sent a legal notice to Captain (retd) Safdar over allegations of having a fake law degree, ARY News reported.
According to the legal notice, Captain (retd) Safdar’s statement declaring Ahsan Bhoon’s LLB degree fake is baseless.
The notice states that Ahsan Bhoon obtained his LLB degree from Punjab University in March 1989. He was enrolled as a lawyer in the lower courts in 1989 and became a High Court lawyer in 1992.
Ahsan Bhoon was enrolled as an Advocate of the Supreme Court in 2003, the notice stated.
It further said that Punjab University had formally verified Ahsan Bhoon’s educational credentials this year.
According to the notice, the legal status of any degree cannot be determined on the basis of a public statement or allegation.
The notice said Captain (retd) Safdar’s defamatory statement damaged Ahsan Bhoon’s reputation.
Ahsan Bhoon has demanded that Captain (retd) Safdar immediately withdraw his statement and formally apologise to him.
The legal notice warned that failure to withdraw the statement would lead to a claim for Rs500 million in damages and criminal proceedings, it added.
Earlier, Federal Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar has reacted to the controversy between Captain (retd) Muhammad Safdar and senior lawyer Ahsan Bhoon.
Tarar said Captain (retd) Safdar is a respectable person but is neither a lawyer nor a member of the bar.
“Captain (retd) Safdar should stay away from bar elections and bar-related matters,” the law minister said.
He described Ahsan Bhoon as a respectable person and said he enjoys great respect among the legal fraternity.
Tarar said Bhoon’s group had lost only one or two elections over the past 10 years.
“The remarks made about Ahsan Bhoon during the election period are a cheap stunt,” Tarar said.
He added that people should exercise control over their language whenever they appear on the media.
“On the media, one should speak carefully and truthfully. I will not say anything beyond this,” Tarar said.
The controversy follows remarks by Captain (retd) Muhammad Safdar regarding the Supreme Court Bar Association elections and the credentials of some lawyers.
Safdar had questioned the law degree of one of the presidential candidates and called for its verification. He also called for the verification of the degrees of some senior lawyers, including Ahsan Bhoon.
Safdar also announced the formation of his own group, the Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah Group, and said it would participate in the SCBA elections.
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