Meesha Shafi, seven others summoned on Jan 18 in Ali Zafar 'smear campaign' case

The Lahore Sessions Court summoned on Wednesday singer Meesha Shafi, and seven others, in a case concerning running a social media 'smear campaign' against fellow singer Ali Zafar.

Judicial Magistrate Zulfiqar Bari heard the case and ordered the eight accused to appear in the court on January 18.

Shafi was summoned by the court at the next date after the prosecution submitted the challan after removing objections raised against her.

Earlier, in September, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)'s special court registered a First Information Report (FIR) against Shafi, Omar and seven others on the accusations of running a social media campaign against the singer.

According to the FIR registered on April 19, 2018, Shafi had accused Zafar of sexual harassment on Twitter. In November 2018 Zafar had protested against the social media campaign against him to the FIA ​​Cyber ​​Crime Wing and lodged a complaint.

Zafar, ​​in his application, argued that the allegations against him were made under a premeditated plan conspired by Shafi, her friend and her lawyer. Whereas, numerous fake [social media] accounts were also created to run the 'Me Too' campaign against him.