Peshawar court orders Yousafzai to pay ANP Chief Rs150m in defamation case

PESHAWAR: A district and session court in Peshawar on Monday, ordered Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shaukat Yousafzai to pay Rs150 million in damages for a defamation case filed by Awami National Party (ANP) Chief Asfandyar Wali Khan.

In 2019, Asfandyar Wali, filed a defamation case against Shaukat Yousafzai. According to the petitioner’s lawyer, Yousafzai accused Wali of engaging in a $25 million deal with Pashtuns during the party’s government in KP.

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The verdict on the defamation case was delivered by Additional Session Judge Ejazur Rehman, who noted that Yousafzai failed to appear before the court despite receiving notices.