Ali Zafar defamation case: Arrest warrants issued for actor Iffat Omar
Ali Zafar defamation case: Arrest warrants issued for actor Iffat Omar
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Dismissing the appearance exemption plea of actor Iffat Omar, the court issued arrest warrants for the actress in the Ali Zafar defamation case.
According to details, a key progress has been made in the case of allegations of sexual harassment against singer Ali Zafar.
Judicial Magistrate Yousuf Abdul Rehman heard the case. The judicial magistrate rejected the plea of Iffat Omar’s exemption from appearance and issued arrest warrants. The court also issued non-bailable arrest warrants for Ali Gul Pir.
The court also summoned singer Meesha Shafi on the next hearing and dismissed the pleas of co-accused Leena Ghani, Fariha Ayub, Faizan Raza and Haseemuz Zaman for permanent exemption from appearance. The court adjourned the case till October 6.
The FIA has filed a challan against singer Meesha Shafi, Effat Omar and others. According to the FIA, Mesha Shafi, Iffat Omar and others made allegations of sexual harassment against Ali Zafar on social media. The accused did not provide evidence of the allegations against Ali Zafar.
The Federal Investigation Agency last year registered the case on the complaint of Zafar. He had accused Meesha Shafi, Leena Ghani, Iffat Omer, Fariha Ayub, Faizan Raza, Haseemuz Zaman, Ali Gul Pir and Maham Javed of running a coordinated vilification campaign against him on social media.
Ali Zafar defamation case
On December 16 last year, FIA filed a challan against eight people, including Shafi and Omar, for running a defamatory social media campaign against Zafar.
The agency said these people were unable to provide witnesses to Shafi’s sexual harassment.
Zafar filed a case against Shafi and seven other people at the FIA’s cyber crime wing for running a vilification campaign against him on social media.
He provided Twitter account handles and screenshots as evidence of the campaign. The challan accused them of making sexual harassment complaints against Zafar on social media.
The eight people named in the case were booked on September 29 under Section 20 (Offences against the dignity of a natural person) of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act and Section 109 (Punishment of abetment) of the Pakistan Penal Code.
In April 2018, Shafi took to Twitter to accuse Zafar of physically harassing her on ‘more than one occasion.’ “This happened to me despite the fact that I am an empowered, accomplished woman who is known for speaking her mind,” she said. In response, Zafar filed a defamation suit against Shafi.
