PM's claim for damages, PTI founder's petition declared inadmissible

Lahore: The Lahore High Court (LHC) declared Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder’s petition in Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s claim for damages inadmissible.

Justice Chaudhry Muhammad Iqbal of the LHC had reserved the verdict on the petition of the PTI founder yesterday, which was pronounced on Tuesday.

The court declared the petition of the PTI founder against the permission of the witnesses to give written testimony in Shehbaz Sharif’s claim for damages as inadmissible.

The founder of PTI had taken the position in the petition that the trial court allowed the witnesses to give written testimony in the defamation claim. The trial court’s decision is contrary to the facts, the witnesses should appear in the courtroom and testify.

PTI founder had requested in his petition to declare the trial court’s decision null and void.