The District and Sessions Court of Peshawar Monday pronounced the decision in favour of Awami National Party chief Asfand Yar Wali in the case of Rs 150 million damages.
Court of Additional Sessions Judge Ijazur Rehman ordered Shaukat Yousafzai to pay Rs150 million as damages to the ANP chief.
Additional Sessions Judge Ijazur Rehman declared in the verdict that Shaukat Yousafzai did not appear in the court despite the summons.
As per details, the district and session judge issued the five-page written verdict stating that Shaukat Yousafzai did not appear before the court despite summon notices.
In 2019, Chief of Awami National Party Asfandyar Wali Khan served a defamation notice to the then KP Information Minister Shaukat Yousafzai for ‘libelous statements’ without the support of any reasonable proof or justification.
The notice was issued through late senior lawyer Abdul Latif Afridi asking the then provincial minister to tender a public apology and get it published with the same prominence as the ‘defamatory remarks’, otherwise, Asfandyar will proceed to prosecute him in a criminal court of law.
The notice is issued under section 8 of the Defamation Ordinance 2002 asking the minister to retract statement within 14 days failing which as per his right under the law will initiate a defamation suit of worth Rs 100 million in damages in the competent court of law.
After the opposition parties political gathering in Peshawar on July 25 Yousafzai in his press conference has said that opposition parties couldn’t gather even 2000 people.
