Court stays Meesha Shafi’s defamation case against Ali Zafar

A Lahore sessions court stayed the proceedings in singer Meesha Shafi’s Rs2 billion defamation suit against singer Ali Zafar.

The court’s order comes after Zafar had filed a petition
seeking to have fellow singer Shafi’s petition against him thrown out. The
court had earlier reserved its verdict.

Shafi had filed a harassment case against Zafar, who then filed a defamation suit against her. Both cases are currently under trial. Shafi then filed the defamation suit against Zafar.

An additional sessions judge heard Zafar’s petition on
Thursday.

Zafar argued that Shafi filed a retaliatory defamation case
against him, but the case against her is still being heard. He wanted the court
to order the hearings of her petition to be stopped.

The court said that until Zafar’s defamation petition against Shafi is not decided, a verdict will not be announced.

In April 2018, Shafi took to Twitter to accuse Zafar of
physically harassing her on ‘more than one occasion.’ “This happened to me
despite the fact that I am an empowered, accomplished woman who is known for
speaking her mind,” she said. In response, Zafar filed a defamation suit
against Shafi.

He denied the allegations and wants her to pay restitution
for the damage to his reputation and leveling false allegations against him.

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