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Singer Ali Zafar slams Meesha Shafi, throws her a challenge

Singer Ali Zafar slams Meesha Shafi, throws her a challenge

*ISLAMABAD – Hours after singer Meesha Shafi requested change of judge indefamation suit filed by him, singer and actor Ali Zafar took to Twitterand slammed her for “running away”.*

“Kindly #FaceTheCourtMeeshaShafi and pay the damages. Running away andclosing twitter account for #gameofthrones spoilers will not help,” AliZafar wrote while quoting a tweet from his lawyer.

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Kindly #FaceTheCourtMeeshaShafilink and pay thedamages. Running away and closing twitter account for #gameofthroneslink spoilers will not help.Barrister Ambreen Qureshi@ambreenqureshi

Today, for the 8th time, our witnesses, including women, had to come backfrom the court as the other party has now filed an application to changethe honourable judge.linkTwitter Ads info and privacy linkAli’s lawyer Barrister Ambreen Qureshi had written that today, for theeighth time, “our witnesses, including women, had to come back from thecourt as the other party has now filed an application to change thehonourable judge”.link

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Today, for the 8th time, our witnesses, including women, had to come backfrom the court as the other party has now filed an application to changethe honourable judgeTwitter Ads info and privacy link

Ali Zafar, who is suing Meesha for defamation over her allegations that hesexually harassed her on multiple occasions including a jamming sessionbefore their December concert, also retweeted another lawyer’s tweet inwhich the lawyer termed Meesha’s move a ‘delaying tactic’.link

“Meesha Shafi now wants her case transferred to a different judge becausethe one hearing Ali Zafar’s defamation claim is ‘biased’. As a trial lawyerI can tell you this is a popular delaying tactic by litigants who know theydon’t stand a chance,” wrote one Barrister Hamza Gulzar.

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Meesha Shafi now wants her case transferred to a different judge becausethe one hearing Ali Zafar’s defamation claim is “biased”. As a trial lawyerI can tell you this is a popular delaying tactic by litigants who know theydon’t stand a chance.Twitter Ads info and privacy link

It is pertinent to note here that on May 1, Meesha Shafi wrote on Twitterthat she is taking a break from the social media platform “not because I’mgetting mercilessly bullied and slandered” but because of ‘Game of Thrones’spoilers.link