“So explain the Punjab defamation bill to me.”

“An aggrieved person can go to the one-man tribunal, appointed by the government, for the government and of the government and need I add all the major elements of a democracy will be met.”

“I know two men who would never be appointed to head the tribunal as long as Notification Maryam Nawaz (NMN) occupies the chief ministership chair – former chief Justices Saqib Nisar and Bandial.”

“Don’t be facetious anyway the aggrieved person can register the case against anyone and lo and behold the accused would have to cough up 3 million rupees in a sort of escrow........

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