Name and shame: Imran Khan given two weeks to reply to defamation suit
QWP lawmaker has sued PTI chief for Rs1b for damaging his reputation.
QWP lawmaker has sued PTI chief for Rs1b for damaging his reputation. PHOTO: AFP
PESHAWAR:
A court on Saturday ordered Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan to submit a written reply in two weeks over a Rs1 billion defamation suit filed against him by former minister and provincial general secretary of Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Bakht Baidar Khan.
District and Sessions Judge Shaiber Khan had issued the same order at the previous hearing on January 7 but Khan’s lawyer Qazi Muhammad Anwer sought more time from the court to submit the written reply, owing to a strike of the district bar council.
The court accepted the plea and granted two weeks time to Khan to submit a written reply in the case and adjourned the hearing till February 1.
On November 13, on the directives of Khan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak fired two QWP ministers over charges of corruption.
On November 18, Baidar served a legal notice to Khan asking him to apologise and compensate him to the tune of Rs1 billion for damaging his reputation by baseless allegations.
On December 8, Baidar moved the court and filed a Rs1 billion defamation suit against the PTI chairman for removing him from the cabinet without any proof.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 19th, 2014.
A court on Saturday ordered Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan to submit a written reply in two weeks over a Rs1 billion defamation suit filed against him by former minister and provincial general secretary of Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Bakht Baidar Khan.
District and Sessions Judge Shaiber Khan had issued the same order at the previous hearing on January 7 but Khan’s lawyer Qazi Muhammad Anwer sought more time from the court to submit the written reply, owing to a strike of the district bar council.
The court accepted the plea and granted two weeks time to Khan to submit a written reply in the case and adjourned the hearing till February 1.
On November 13, on the directives of Khan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak fired two QWP ministers over charges of corruption.
On November 18, Baidar served a legal notice to Khan asking him to apologise and compensate him to the tune of Rs1 billion for damaging his reputation by baseless allegations.
On December 8, Baidar moved the court and filed a Rs1 billion defamation suit against the PTI chairman for removing him from the cabinet without any proof.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 19th, 2014.