ABS & Co’s Lahore based-team recently advised Total Parco Pakistan in relation to a false and defamatory news item published in relation to Total’s business in Daily Khabrain. In the news, it was alleged that Total was involved in smuggling of oil from Iran and for blending it with water.
Daily Khabrain is one of Pakistan’s leading Urdu newspapers. The strategic advice on how Total Parco’s Board of Directors should react to the defamatory news item was given by Islamabad-based Ahmer Bilal Soofi and Lahore-based Sarjeel Mowahid.