Shehbaz Sharif vs Imran Khan: Defamation Suit Filed!
Since 2017, two different applications in a Rs 10 billion defamation suit have been filed by Shehbaz Sharif against PM Imran Khan.
Since 2017, two different applications in a Rs 10 billion defamation suit have been filed by PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif against Prime Minister Imran Khan. It has been pending adjudication since then, and now Sharif’s counsel is beginning to complain.
Advocate Mustafa Ramday, the counsel for Sharif, stated that the defendant (PM Imran Khan) had been failing to file a written statement for the last three years, resulting in no substantial proceedings.The law expects such cases to be resolved within three months.
Previously, Advocate Babar Awan had been representing PM Imran Khan. However, after becoming an advisor to the prime minister, his client, he did not appear for any further hearings.
Why was a defamation suit filed by Shehbaz Sharif against Imran Khan?
According to the defamation suit, Imran Khan issued false and malicious statements against Shehbaz Sharif saying that Sharif offered Rs 10 billion to Khan through a common friend. This was to be in exchange for withdrawing the case of Panama Papers pending before the Supreme Court.
What do the applications state?
The applications demand the court to hear the suit on a day-to-day basis and to seize the right of the Prime Minister to file a written statement as he had failed to submit it within the stipulated time.
Furthermore, it is said that the total number of hearings conducted by the court was 60 and on 30 different occasions the counsel, on behalf of Imran Khan, had sought adjournment.
As Additional District & Sessions Judge Sohail Anjum resumed hearing, Advocate Pir Masood Chishti filed the memo of his appearance and sought time to file his power of attorney on behalf of Imran Khan and replies to the applications by the plaintiff.
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