ISLAMABAD – Meesha Shafi faces setback in defamation case against SingerAli Zafar.
Lahore sessions court stayed the proceedings in singer Meesha Shafi’s Rs2billion defamation suit against singer Ali Zafar.
The court’s order comes after Zafar had filed a petition seeking to havefellow singer Shafi’s petition against him thrown out. The court hadearlier reserved its verdict.
Shafi had filed a harassment case against Zafar, who then filed adefamation suit against her. Both cases are currently under trial. Shafithen filed the defamation suit against Zafar.
An additional sessions judge heard Zafar’s petition on Thursday.
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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 orderthe hearings of her petition to be stopped.
The court said that until Zafar’s defamation petition against Shafi is notdecided, a verdict will not be announced.
