LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday set aside a decision of a sessions court directing registration of a case against Pakistani cricketer Babar Azam on allegations of harassing a woman.
Earlier, Azam’s counsel argued that the complainant had filed a baseless application against the petitioner in 2018 for harassing her sexually. He alleged that the woman Humaiza Mukhtar later demanded money from the cricketer and, when he refused, she filed a petition before the justice of peace. The counsel submitted that the justice of peace ordered registration of a criminal case against Azam.
He, therefore, asked the court to set aside the impugned order for being passed in violation of the settled laws and procedures. The court after hearing the petitioner’s counsel at length allowed the petition and set aside the impugned order.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026
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