PML-N's Nasir Butt wins defamation case.

LONDON -- PML-N representative Nasir Butt won 90,000 pounds in damages and an apology from Dunya News in the UK after he won a defamation case.

The case was filed after the channel aired a report, describing Mr Butt as 'Sicilian Mafia' and levelled other accusations of corruption.

The channel told a London High Court the allegations against Mr Butt were 'false, defamatory and baseless'.

At the centre of the case were four talk shows aired by the channel, with Ayaz Amir, Shahbaz Gill, Saad Rasool, Habib Akram and Firdous Ashiq Awan as panellists.

The channel pleaded: 'We accept that Mr Nasir Butt is a man of good character and credibility. The false allegations were made...

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