Imran Khan Appeals to Supreme Court Against Shehbaz Sharif’s Rs 10 B Defamation Lawsuit

On July 3, 2025, PTI founder Imran Khan petitioned Pakistan’s Supreme Court to challenge procedural flaws in a Rs 10 billion defamation suit filed by then-Punjab CM Shehbaz Sharif in 2017. Khan’s petition argues that lower courts—including the District and Additional District Sessions Judges—lacked jurisdiction, and that mandatory procedures like framing issues were ignored. He seeks to halt proceedings in the Lahore court and have the case sent back for proper jurisdictional review