It was a heated court room as singer Meesha Shafi’s lawyer Saqib Jillani, who had asked for two weeks of preparation in July to cross examine Ali Zafar, pleaded that he needed more time. Ali Zafar who had specially flown in all the way from Europe to finish his evidence seemed disappointed and pleaded the court that his defamation case is deliberately being delayed to escape the trial and Miss Shafi and her ally’s fear of being exposed further. He demanded that justice delayed is justice denied and it has been more than a year since his defamation case against Meesha Shafi is being delayed with eight adjournments taken by Shafi’s legal counsel to date. Ali Zafar’s lawyer Mr. Hasham emphasised that Mr. Saqib has asked for two weeks of preparation, however we granted two and a half months of preparation instead, but him still saying that he is not prepared enough is totally unfair and unjustified. Despite Zafar and his legal emphasising on early evidence, the court set the date for September 19, 2019 as per Saqib Jillani’s availability and convenience. Earlier, the Supreme Court of Pakistan had endorsed the High Court’s order to conclude the case by July 20, whereas Shafi’s case of harassment against Zafar was dismissed.