Headlines 1600 9th September 2017

LAHORE: A local court on Saturday once again issued a notice to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan to respond to Rs10 billion defamation suit of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif.

Shahbaz sued the PTI chairman for Rs10 billion damages for accusing him of offering bribe to stay silent over the Panama Papers allegations against the Sharif family.

The court reissued notice to Imran to file his reply by Sept 25 after he failed to respond to the first notice.

In his lawsuit CM Shahbaz said,“The defendant (Imran Khan) leveled maliciously false, baseless and unfounded allegations against him.” “He also leveled the same allegations no less than three times in television programme ‘Off the Record’ aired on ARY News on April 26 this year.”