Islamabad: (Staff Reporter) A court accepted the petition filed by former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan for seeking adjournment of the hearing of a defamation case of Rs10 billion against PML-N leader and Defence Minister Khawaja Asif but only after fining him for that.
According to source, Counsels for the PTI chairman in their arguments in the additional session’s court said that: “since their client was busy holding public gatherings in different parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Punjab; therefore, he could not show up today.”
Furthermore hearing that, judge Adnan Khan slapped Rs5, 000 in fine on Imran.
Later, the court adjourned hearing of the case until September 24, 2022.
