Azma Bokhari awarded Rs84m in assembly remarks defamation suit
A Lahore tribunal has ruled in the Azma Bokhari defamation case, ordering the Punjab opposition leader to pay Rs84 million over televised claims.
Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari won an Rs84 million defamation suit against Opposition Leader Moeen Qureshi.
The Defamation Tribunal in Lahore ordered Qureshi to pay the full claimed damages.
The suit followed Qureshi's televised accusations that Bokhari brought paid individuals into the Punjab Assembly and hired journalists to question the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister.