Defamation suit: Imran fails to appear before Lahore sessions court

LAHORE: A sessions court adjourned the case over Rs10 billion defamation suit against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairperson Imran Khan after the party chief failed to show up on Monday.

A hearing over the suit filed through Advocate Mustafa Ramday was scheduled. Ramday’s assistant was present in the court, but Imran was absent. Therefore, court issued a notice to the PTI chief and adjourned the hearing till September 9.

Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif filed a suit through his counsel, Mustafa Ramday, against Imran for alleging he was offered Rs10 billion by a close associate of the chief minister to drop to Panama case against Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.

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The case was filed in the court of Lahore additional sessions judge Azfar Sultan under section 4 (defamation actionable) and 9 (remedies) of Defamation Ordinance, 2002. A response was sought from Imran by August 21.