Smear campaign: Imran Khan reissued notice on libel suit
Khan neither submitted his reply nor sent anyone to represent him in the court.
LAHORE:
A court issued a notice on Saturday to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan directing him to reply to a defamation suit filed against him by former caretaker chief minister Najam Sethi.
At a previous hearing, Additional District and Sessions Judge Yasir Nadeem Razzaq had ordered Khan to submit his reply by August 23 on the suit seeking Rs1 billion in damages for starting a smear campaign against Sethi.
Khan neither submitted his reply nor sent anyone to represent him in the court.
The judge was on leave on Saturday and the notice was re-issued.
Sethi has filed the suit through Advocate Usman G Rashid. He says that Khan had launched a character assassination campaign against him, claiming that Sethi was responsible for electoral irregularities in 35 constituencies. He said Khan had suggested that he had been nominated caretaker chief minister so he could rig the elections in favour of the PML-N.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 24th, 2014.
A court issued a notice on Saturday to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan directing him to reply to a defamation suit filed against him by former caretaker chief minister Najam Sethi.
At a previous hearing, Additional District and Sessions Judge Yasir Nadeem Razzaq had ordered Khan to submit his reply by August 23 on the suit seeking Rs1 billion in damages for starting a smear campaign against Sethi.
Khan neither submitted his reply nor sent anyone to represent him in the court.
The judge was on leave on Saturday and the notice was re-issued.
Sethi has filed the suit through Advocate Usman G Rashid. He says that Khan had launched a character assassination campaign against him, claiming that Sethi was responsible for electoral irregularities in 35 constituencies. He said Khan had suggested that he had been nominated caretaker chief minister so he could rig the elections in favour of the PML-N.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 24th, 2014.