Dawn Staff Reporter
London: Retired Major Adil Raja lost a defamation case in the British court after which he was fined 10,000 pounds.
A serving army officer filed the case against controversial YouTuber Adil Raja in a UK court in August 2022 on various charges.
Adil Raja failed to defend the plea to dismiss the defamation case against him and the British court delivered its verdict after hearing arguments from the parties’ lawyers.
While pronouncing its decision, the court imposed a fine of 10,000 pounds on Adil Raja.
A British court ordered Adil Raja to pay Brigadier Retired Rashid Naseer £10,000 as an injunction and security costs.
The court declared that Adil Raja had defamed Brigadier Retired Rashid Naseer in his publications on Facebook, X and YouTube. According to British court documents, the British High Court judge rejected all of Adil Raja’s pleas.
The serving chief of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Intelligence Command Punjab had filed a case against London-based Adil Farooq Raja for allegedly running a defamation campaign on social media platforms, the petitioner said. It demanded an apology, damages and retraction of the defamatory statements.
The case, which was filed against Adil Raja in the UK High Court in August 2022, came to light in January 2023 at a time when Adil Raja had accused prominent film and TV actresses. And there was a conflict in Pakistan.
A perusal of court papers revealed that retired Major Adil Raja’s campaign against the intelligence chief began on June 14, 2022, when he alleged that the intelligence officer had filed a petition against the Lahore High Court to rig the upcoming elections. Captured.
On 19 June 2022, Adil Raja alleged that the election was rigged and the ISI Sector Commander Punjab allegedly held several meetings with Asif Ali Zardari during his recent stay in Lahore.
The representatives of the ISI officer had told the British High Court that Adil Raja had launched a vigorous social media campaign against the appellant, during which several tweets were made and several videos were aired, many of which were highly defamatory. Yes, the content of these tweets and videos caused serious harm to the claimant.
Adil Raja moved to London from Islamabad in April 2022 after differences arose between him and the army, and has since accused him of plotting ‘regime change’ by naming several serving army officers. .
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