Aima Baig says she has sent FHM Pakistan a legal notice for defamation demanding written apology, Rs100m.

Singer Aima Baig says she has sent a legal notice to news publication FHM Pakistan for 'vile' insinuations about her brother and twisting her words from a four-year-old interview, implying that she had a crush on her brother.

The Baazi singer shared a copy of a legal notice on Instagram in which she has asked for damages of Rs100 million and an 'unconditional and written apology' within 48 hours.

'This is high time when we should stand against yellow journalism and fake reporting (which is only done for the sake of comments and likes). I have had it enough so here I am standing up for myself and many others [who] become their next prey,' she wrote.

It was followed by screenshots of the legal document purportedly sent to FHM Pakistan, which said that they 'posted a false, untrue, malicious and highly defamatory news/post/story on [their] Instagram page'.

'The Instagram account through which you shared is followed by more than three million followers, and the people who view and read your posts tend to believe your statements due to your huge following and international presence, and you are well aware of that fact. It is evident that the scandalous and false and defamatory statement you have attributed to my client is explicitly intended to harm her reputation and to malign her before the public, for the monetary gain you are getting from clicks, views, comments and shares of your scandalous news/post/story,' the notice read.

'To deter you in future from committing such illegal acts and making such false and scandalous news having a bearing on the lives of people, the damages for my client are quantified as Rs. 100,000,000,' the statement said, adding, 'you are hereby called upon to tender an...