Hamza Ali Abbasi served legal notice for spreading false rumors regarding children’s kidnapping

Hamza Ali Abbasi is a renowned actor and an open critic when it comes to government policies and practices. Recently, he came under fire for allegedly spreading false rumors about the kidnapping cases taking place in the Punjab province.

Abbasi reportedly said in his Facebook post that around 900 children in Punjab had gone missing. That post, which has been removed since then, became the reason why Abbasi was sent a prosecution notice by the Punjab government claiming that he is spreading false rumors and that the case of children’s kidnapping in Punjab is not that severe.

“I had tweeted about kidnappings of 900 children on the internet over which I have been issued the notice,” he said speaking to Geo News.

The notice was issued by the Punjab government’s prosecution department.

“The Sharif family monarchy has passed the cyber crime bill to prosecute those who criticize them. They have sent me a prosecution letter saying I did not write the truth and that the Punjab police statistics show a different picture. They say I have written them without any verification.”

Abbasi further clarified that he had quoted statistics from reports of reputable newspaper which claimed that more than 650 children had been kidnapped from various parts of Punjab. He said that he came up with the 900 figure by adding information from various social media sites.

Hamza Ali Abbasi has a fan following of more than 3600,000 people on Facebook, hence his posts have a far-reaching impact. Despite being served a notice, Abbasi refused to apologize for the wrongfully quoted figure in his post.

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