Singer Meesha Shafi and her witnesses are summoned by the court on Monday, September 28, 2020, for their cross-examination in Rs1 billion defamation suit filed by fellow singer Ali Zafar.
Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Yasar Hayat resumed the hearing into the case this week but Meesha’s senior counsel and witnesses didn’t appear in the court.
A junior counsel intimated the court that the counsel of Meesha was at Islamabad and sought an adjournment.
Ali’s lawyer objected that the examination-in-chiefs of defendant’s four witnesses (namely Meesha, her mother Saba Hameed, manager Farhan Ali and actress Iffat Omar) were recorded many months ago but they were not produced for cross-examination.
After the hearing, the court directed Meesha’s counsel to produce the above mentioned four witnesses for their cross-examination on next date i.e. September 28.
This defamation suit had been filed by singer Ali more than two years ago in June 2018 against Meesha claiming that she ruined his reputation by making a false allegation of harassment
The court had already recorded the evidence of Ali and his 11 witnesses.
In a tweet, Barrister Ambreen Qureshi, a lawyer of Ali , said that “defamation case against Meesha Shafi finally resumed in court after months. However, no witnesses were produced by the defendant. And Adjournment was sought by opposite counsel.”
She posted the court order, mentioning that the judge had ordered them (Meesha and her lawyer) to produce witnesses for cross-examination on the next date of hearing on September 28.
