Court allows Imran's application in Shehbaz defamation case.

LAHORE -- A sessions court on Thursday allowed an application of Prime Minister Imran Khan and directed the counsel for Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif to present the record of all the cases pending against his client.

Mr Khan had filed the application in a defamation suit Shehbaz was pursuing against him since 2017.

Khan did not file his reply to the suit rather requested the court to first summon the details of the corruption references pending against the plaintiff.

Additional District and Sessions Judge Yasir Hayat had reserved his verdict on the last hearing as a counsel for Mr Khan said it had been over a year when the application was filed to summon the record of the cases against Shehbaz.

The judge announced the verdict on Thursday and allowed the application, directing the plaintiff's counsel to furnish the record on Feb 10.

The defamation suit filed in 2017 states that Mr Khan started uttering false and malicious statements against Shehbaz that he offered him Rs10bn through a common friend in...