Ali Zafar Case: Meesha Shafi appeals at LHC

Lahore, 26th October: Pakistani singer Meesha Shafi has approached the Lahore High Court to stay proceedings on a defamation suit filed by actor and singer Ali Zafar. Baaghi TV: A petition filed by Meesha Shafi against Ali Zafar was rejected. The court had rejected the petition to stay the proceedings on the contempt claim of singer Meesha Shafi. Lahore Sessions Court Judge Yasir Ali had heard Meesha Shafi’s plea. The Additional Sessions Judge had rejected Shafi’s defamation suit and summoned her witnesses on October 27. However, now Meesha Shafi has filed a petition in the Lahore High Court to stay the proceedings on Ali Zafar’s claim in which Ali Zafar has also been made a party. Shafi filed the petition in the Lahore High Court through her lawyer Saqib Jilani. The petition seeks a stay of the defamation suit pending the outcome of the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) cybercrime wing case. It may be recalled that Meesha Shafi, on October 10 had filed a petition in the Sessions Court in Lahore seeking stay or adjournment of the contempt proceedings against him for the time being. The singer had told the court in a petition filed through her lawyers that a … Continue reading Ali Zafar Case: Meesha Shafi appeals at LHC