Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan ruled that since the petition didn’t agitate any good ground for the case transfer, it stood dismissed for ‘being without any substance’. APP/File
PESHAWAR: A single-member Peshawar High Court bench has turned down the plea of Prime Minister Imran Khan for the transfer of a defamation suit filed against him by former MPA Fauzia Bibi in Peshawar to a Swabi court, which is hearing an almost identical lawsuit of former lawmaker Meraj Humayun Khan.
Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan ruled that since the petition didn’t agitate any good ground for the case transfer, it stood dismissed for ‘being without any substance’.
A single-member Peshawar High Court bench on Monday summoned former woman MPA Meraj Humayun Khan. APP/File
PESHAWAR: A single-member Peshawar High Court bench on Monday summoned former woman MPA Meraj Humayun Khan for responding to a petition of Prime Minister Imran Khan seeking the consolidation of two pending defamation suits filed against him by her and another former woman MPA, Fauzia Bibi.
Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan fixed Feb 22 for the next hearing into the petition wherein the premier minister also requested the court to transfer Ms Fauzia’s lawsuit from a Peshawar court to a Swabi court, which is hearing Ms Meraj’s case.
Speaker Asad Qaiser distances himself from horse-trading video scandal
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Speaker Asad Qaiser says video has been shot at the Speaker House in Peshawar.
Former PTI MPA Mayar had confessed to taking bribe, said video had been shot at the National Assembly Speaker s House.
Such statements are an attempt to divert attention from the actual issue, says Qaiser.
Speaker of the National Assembly Asad Qaiser on Wednesday distanced himself from the horse-trading video that allegedly shows PTI MPAs receiving money to vote against their party in the Senate elections 2018.
Qaiser took to Twitter to say that the video had not been shot at his official residence, rather the place that can be seen in it is from the Speaker House in Peshawar.
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February 9, 2021
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) accused 20 MPAs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of horse-trading in the 2018 Senate elections but could not prove allegations.
PTI Chairman Imran Khan had announced that cases against MPAs involved in corruption would be referred to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) but not a single case against any MPA has been referred to the NAB.
Some former MPAs have filed a defamation suit against Prime Minister Imran Khan in various courts but the PTI has not submitted evidence or reply in any of the cases. Two petitions filed under the Defamation Ordinance 2002 are still pending. PM s lawyers are using various tactics to delay the case. The special jirga met former special assistant to the chief minister Arif Yousaf for an out-of-court settlement. The court dismissed the case after the reconciliation between both parties. Former MPAs Kurban Ali Khan, Zahid Durrani, Obaidullah Mayar and Yasin Khalil were also persuaded to reso
Former PTI lawmaker Ubaid Ullah Mayar confesses to taking Rs10 million in bribe
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Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
Former PTI lawmaker Ubaid Ullah Mayar has confessed to taking bribe worth Rs10 million after a scandalous video of PTI MPAs allegedly accepting bribe surfaced
Says he took the money on the directives of the then chief minister of KP, Pervez Khattak
Says provincial government had paid Rs10 million to all MPAs
After a scandalous video of PTI lawmakers allegedly receiving bribe before the Senate elections of 2018 went viral on social media on Tuesday, former PTI lawmaker Ubaid Ullah Mayar has confessed to taking bribe worth Rs10 million.