Zulfi Bukhari wins first round of defamation case against Reham Khan
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Friday Jul 02, 2021
Former SAPM on Overseas Pakistanis Zulfi Bukhari (L); broadcaster and ex-wife of Prime Minister Imran Khan, Reham Khan. Photos: File.
Justice Karen Steyn finds four corruption and dishonesty allegations in a Youtube broadcast and four tweets and retweets defamatory against Zulfi Bukhari;
Reham tells court she raised important public interest issues, wanted to save Roosevelt Hotel, harbours no personal vendetta;
The judge cites Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman’s defamation victory as the guiding case for Urdu language broadcasts.
LONDON: Prime Minister Imran Khan’s former special assistant for Overseas Pakistanis Zulfi Bukhari has won the first round of defamation case against Reham Khan, the broadcaster and former wife of PM Imran Khan.
July 2, 2021
LONDON: Prime Minister Imran Khan’s former Special Assistant and Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Zulfi Bukhari has won the first round of defamation case against Reham Khan, a broadcaster and former wife of PM Imran Khan.
At a trial of preliminary issues before the London High Court, Mrs Justice Karen Steyn determined the meaning of eight publications complained by Zulfi Bukhari including a YouTube broadcast on Roosevelt Hotel by Reham Khan carrying four allegations and four tweets, retweets. Justice Steyn did not accept Khan’s assessment of the publications’ meaning and accepted Zulfi Bukhari’s submission instead.
The defamation claim started over a YouTube broadcast made by Reham Khan on December 6, 2019 from the UK’s jurisdiction, alleging that Bukhari had personal interest in the sale of Manhattan’s Roosevelt Hotel, owned by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). She further charged that Pakistan’s national assets were being sold to help people lik