Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has withdrawn a legal response to a defamation notice that appeared to be praising former Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, his lawyer said on Wednesday
Imran’s lawyer Hamid Khan, who is also a member of the PTI, said he was withdrawing the letter on the instructions of his client.
“I will not pursue this matter until I get new instructions from the Chairman,” he told.
Cricketer-turned-politician Imran, who has led thousands of protesters for anti-government demonstrations in Islamabad, blames former top judge Iftikhar Chaudhry of involvement in election rigging in the 2013 polls.
The former chief justice sent a Rs20 million defamation notice to the PTI chairman on July 24.
However, in a written response to the libel notice which was circulated by the media on Monday, Imran's lawyers said he did not mean to “abuse or disrespect any member of the judiciary”, and urged the former chief justice to “reconsider the idea of entering into personal litigation”.
