A sessions court on Tuesday adjourned proceedings in Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s Rs 10 billion defamation suit against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder until September 27, after the completion of the Prime Minister’s cross-examination. Additional District and Sessions Judge Yilmaz Ghani presided over the hearing, during which Shehbaz Sharif appeared via video link, took oath, and underwent cross-examination on his statement. The PTI founder’s counsel Muhammad Hussain Chotia questioned the Prime Minister, asking whether he had filed a “false and fabricated” claim, which Shehbaz Sharif denied. In response to another question about whether the legal notice was “fake, fictitious, and self-fabricated,” Shehbaz Sharif again rejected the allegation. Shehbaz Sharif further denied that no legal notice had been sent to the PTI founder. He maintained that the PTI founder’s statement was defamatory in nature rather than a political comment. When asked whether the PTI founder had personally written the allegedly defamatory words by hand, Shehbaz Sharif replied that he had no knowledge of it. Following the process, the court summoned other witnesses in the defamation case for cross-examination on September 27.
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Published on: September 17, 2025 7:33 AM