{"id":111509,"date":"2026-08-01T15:32:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T15:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/ahsan-iqbal-wins-defamation-case-against-ptis-murad-saeed\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T15:32:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T15:32:03","slug":"ahsan-iqbal-wins-defamation-case-against-ptis-murad-saeed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/ahsan-iqbal-wins-defamation-case-against-ptis-murad-saeed\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahsan Iqbal wins defamation case against PTI\u2019s Murad Saeed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ISLAMABAD: A district and sessions court in Islamabad on Saturday accepted Federal Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal\u2019s defamation suit against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Murad Saeed, ARY News reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Additional District and Sessions Judge Hakim Khan presided over the defamation hearing against the former federal minister and PTI leader.<\/p>\n

Ruling in favor of Ahsan Iqbal, the court ordered Murad Saeed to pay Rs 2.5 million in damages to the minister for damaging his reputation.<\/p>\n

\u201cAllegations of corruption, abuse of power, and illegal kickbacks against Ahsan Iqbal constitute defamation,\u201d the judge stated, noting that Murad Saeed failed to prove his claims.<\/p>\n

While Ahsan Iqbal had originally demanded Rs 10 billion in compensation, the court declared that amount excessive in light of the available evidence.<\/p>\n

However, the court acknowledged that Saeed\u2019s disputed statements severely tarnished Ahsan Iqbal\u2019s credibility, respect, and honor, creating a negative public impression. The judge added that the allegations were a direct attack on Iqbal\u2019s character and standing.<\/p>\n

According to the court verdict, Murad Saeed neither appeared before the court nor submitted any evidence to substantiate his claims against Ahsan Iqbal.<\/p>\n

Read More<\/strong>: ECP halts Senate by-election on Murad Saeed\u2019s vacant seat<\/a><\/p>\n

Murad Saeed had leveled corruption allegations against Ahsan Iqbal back in 2019 regarding the Multan-Sukkur Motorway project.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: A district and sessions court in Islamabad on Saturday accepted Federal Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal\u2019s defamation suit against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Murad Saeed, ARY News reported. Additional District and Sessions Judge Hakim Khan presided over the defamation hearing against the former federal minister and PTI leader. Ruling in favor of Ahsan Iqbal, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static.arynews.tv\/zip-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Murad-Ahsan-Iqbal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t