ISLAMABAD: The British newspaper Daily Mail had so far failed to prove the allegations leveled by its journalist David Rose in an article against Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif about alleged misappropriation of public funds, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb claimed on Friday.
Shehbaz Sharif vs Daily Mail
“Now, the Daily Mail will have to face the law,” she said in a statement. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif filed a defamation case against the Daily Mail and its journalist in a court in the United Kingdom a couple of years back.
The Minister said the trial of the defamation case would be held in “December 2023”. A short reply in the case had already been submitted on behalf of PM Shehbaz Sharif. The Minister said the judge had fixed December 13, 2022 for the next hearing of the case, and the reply on the allegations needed to be submitted by the same date.
The Minister added cost of the case was being paid and “we have already won our case on the stage of presentation.”
She further said the Daily Mail had opted to delaying tactics to delay the case. APP
