PPP files petition against Cynthia Ritchie for defaming Benazir Bhutto
PPP files petition against Cynthia Ritchie for defaming Benazir Bhutto
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has filed a petition to register a case against American blogger Cynthia D. Ritchie for hurling allegations against former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
According to details, the local leadership of PPP in Islamabad has requested for registration of the case. Islamabad President Shakeel Abbasi has filed a request to the Session Judge.
Additional Session Judge Jahangir Awan has issued notice to Cynthia and the court has issued notices to FIA and PTA along with the Cynthia Ritchie seeking a reply by June 9.
The court said in the notice that American journalist Cynthia D Richie should appear on June 9 in person or through a legal representative.
Yesterday, Cynthia Ritchie had accused Senator Rehman Malik of allegedly raping her, saying the incident happened to her in 2011 when he was the federal interior minister. She later revealed in a tweet that she had been drugged before the incident took place.
In her video, Cynthia Ritchie also claimed that former health minister Makhdoom Shahabuddin and former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani physically manhandled her. She said that Yousuf Raza Gilani manhandled her while he was staying at the President House.
Responding to the allegations in an exclusive interview with Dunya News, Yousuf Raza Gilani said that it would be an insult to respond to the allegations of the woman and the accuser should be ashamed of making such a claim.
Yousuf Raza Gilani said that this woman has also made peculiar allegations against Benazir Bhutto, which no one can tolerate. He said that Ali Haider Gilani and Ali Qasim have gone to court on this issue.
He also questioned what the accuser was doing in the Presidency in the first place and asked who gave her the right to make accusations against politicians.
Meanwhile, Senator Rehman Malik’s spokesperson has Saturday said that Malik considers it an insult to respond to US national Cynthia Dawn Ritchie’s accusations against him which are completely baseless and obscene.
The spokesperson said, “Rehman Malik has strongly rejected the allegations leveled against him by Cynthia Dawn Ritchie and his sons have already sought legal advice to file defamation case against her.
“The allegations are based on dishonesty to damage Rehman Malik’s repute. Cynthia Dawn Ritchie has given such statement over provocation by some individual or group.
“Rehman Malik has always raised voice over Indian atrocities against Muslims of occupied Kashmir and India. The allegations have been leveled when the PPP leader – as Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Interior – took notice of Cynthia Ritchie’s accusations against former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.”
