Leader of the opposition in the National Assembly and President of PML-N Shehbaz Sharif’s defamation lawsuit against Prime Minister Imran Khan has been moved to November 28 for hearing. Shehbaz had filed the lawsuit against the sitting prime minister due to allegations hurled on him which according to the PML-N leader hurt his reputation and public image. The sessions court postponed the hearing of the case on Thursday to allow leader of opposition ample time to submit his case in its entirety, which he has failed to do thus far. Last year, PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif went to the court, suing the prime minister for Rs10 billion for accusing him of offering a bribe to stay silent over the Panama Papers allegations against the Sharif family. During the course of the hearing today, the judge directed lawyers of both parties to come prepared on next hearing to forward their arguments on an application challenging jurisdiction of the court to hear this suit. In his suit, Shehbaz Sharif said, “The defendant (Imran Khan) levelled maliciously false, baseless and unfounded allegations against him.” “He also levelled the same allegations no less than three times in television programme aired on April 26 this year.”
Defamation lawsuit against PM postponed until Nov 28
Leader of the opposition in the National Assembly and President of PML-N Shehbaz Sharif’s defamation lawsuit against Prime Minister Imran Khan has been moved to November 28 for hearing. Shehbaz had filed the lawsuit against the sitting prime minister due to allegations hurled on him which according to the PML-N leader hurt his reputation and […]
