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Minister of Information and Radio, Attaullah Tarar. PHOTO: APP
LAHORE:
Information Minister Attaullah Tarar recorded his statement in a Rs 10 billion defamation suit filed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif against PTI founder Imran Khan.
Tarar appeared in court as a witness and recorded his testimony before Jury Sessions Judge Yulmaz Ghani.
He stated that the PTI founder had “deliberately and repeatedly” made false and baseless allegations against Shehbaz, suggesting that he had offered a bribe of Rs 10 billion. in exchange for silence in the Panama Papers case.
Tarar told the court that the allegations were first made publicly at a ceremony in Peshawar on 25 April 2017 and were later repeated during a program broadcast on 26 April 2017. He further testified that the same allegations resurfaced in several other television interviews.
The court was informed that the allegations were also repeated during a political gathering at the Parade Ground, Rawalpindi, which was broadcast by Express News on 28 April 2017 and later at Karachi Airport, footage of which was broadcast by 24 News on 30 April 2017.
