*LAHORE: A Lahore court on Saturday gave Prime Minister Imran Khan’s lawyermore time to furnish his reply in a Rs100 million defamation suit filed byformer interim Punjab chief minister Najam Sethi against him.*
Additional Sessions Judge Amjad Ali Shah resumed the hearing of the case asa lawyer representing the prime minister appeared in the court. Herequested the judge to give him more time to submit his response to thesuit.
Granting the counsel’s request, the court directed him to file his responseon next hearing set for May 30.
Najma Sethi had gone to the court, filing a defamation suit against thepremier after he accused the former of fixing 35 punctures in the 2013general elections.
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He contended Imran levelled the allegations that he being an interim chiefminister helped in rigging 35 seats in the 2013 general elections.
Sethi said he had also sent a legal notice through his lawyer to Imran Khanbut he did not respond.
