LONDON – Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s former wife, Reham Khan, haswon “substantial” damages and received an apology from a Pakistani newschannel over defamatory allegations by a government minister during a showlast year.
At a hearing in the High Court in London on Monday, Justice Matthew Nicklinwas informed about the apology and undisclosed damages agreed between theparties.
Reham, a British national of Pakistani-origin, launched the legalproceedings over a broadcast entitled On the Front with Kamran Shahid’ onDunya TV in June 2018, during which she said Sheikh Rasheed, the currentFederal Minister of Railways in Pakistan, made very serious and entirelyfalse allegations against her.by Taboolalink:Sponsored Linkslink:You May Likelinka Job in the UK Might be Easier Than You ThinkJobs in the UK | Search Adslink
“The most serious allegation that he made was to claim that our client hadcolluded with her ex-husband’s political rivals, the Pakistan MuslimLeague, and accepted a substantial payment from or on behalf of its leader,Mr Shehbaz Sharif, in return for writing her autobiography, said AlexCochrane from Hamlins LLP, who represented Reham in the Royal Courts ofJustice in London.
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Dunya TV has now made a full and unequivocal public apology to our clientand it has accepted that she never received any payments from Mr ShehbazSharif or anyone in the Pakistan Muslim League for her book. Dunya TV hasalso given an undertaking not to repeat these false allegations about ourclient and they have paid her substantial damages and all her legal costs,he said.
The court heard that during the telecast last year, Reham, a journalist andbroadcaster, was also likened to a historical Pakistani female figure knownas Budhan Bai, who was a well-known courtesan, as part of a series of slursupon her reputation.
