LAHORE: The Punjab government has sent a legal notice to TV anchor Dr.Shahid Masood for his “false, fabricated and misleading” claims that theprime suspect of Zainab murder case had 37 local and foreign currencyaccounts.

Malik Ahmed Khan, spokesman of the Punjab government, said the State Bankof Pakistan has checked the local and foreign accounts of accused ImranAli. “None of the accounts was found on his CNIC No,” he said.

“It was an attempt to influence the investigation and put it on a differentrack. The information shared by Dr Shahid Masood has turned out to betotally false,” he added.

Dr Shahid Masood, who hosts a TV show, claimed that Imran Ashraf was partof international child porn ring and that he was maintaining 37 local andforeign bank accounts.

The anchor said that he had shared the evidence with the Supreme Court ofPakistan.

The Punjab government, reacting to his claim, set up a joint investigationteam to launch an inquiry into Masood’s claim.

The committee said that Imran Ali had no local or foreign currency accountas claimed by the TV anchor. – AGENCIES