KARACHI – Former PM Yousaf Raza Gillani takes a strong exception againstshameful allegations from US journalist Cynthia Ritchie.Former PrimeMinister Yousaf Raza Gillani announced on Saturday to file a defamationsuit against US blogger Cynthia D. Ritchie over allegations of physicallymanhandling her in 2011 when he was in power.
The response from the former premier came after the American nationallevelled allegations of rape and assault against top leaders of thePakistan Peoples Party (PPP). She in a live Facebook session had accusedSenator Rehman Malik of raping her and Gillani and former health ministerMakhdom Shahbuddin of physical manhandling.
Gillani said that she had damaged his reputation by levelling baselessallegations, adding that he filed defamation cases against her in Pakistanand the US.
Cynthia D. Ritchie had levelled baseless allegations against BakhtawarBhutto but at that time she was neglected, he said, adding that the foreignnational’s slanderous remarks against slain Benazir Bhutto disturbed thesentiments.
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He denied holding a meeting with the American lady, adding that he met herfor first and last time in 2019 at the house of a diplomat.
