Nasim Zehra to file a defamation suit against Moeed Pirzada in US court
JournalismPakistan.com | Published 2 years ago
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ISLAMABAD—Prominent anchor Nasim Zehra has announced she would file a defamation lawsuit against TV presenter and analyst Moeed Pirzada in a US court.
The lawsuit comes in response to remarks made by Pirzada during Haider Mehdi's vlog on April 23.
Pirzada, in his comments, referred to a discussion between Zehra and journalist Hamid Mir on 24News HD TV as "rubbish" and "deliberate and scripted."
Zehra had called for a court martial of former army chief Gen (Retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa. Mir had disclosed that Bajwa once told journalists that the Pakistani military did not even have enough diesel to keep its tanks running. Mir also claimed that Bajwa wanted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Pakistan without the knowledge of Imran Khan's government.
Pirzada questioned who had instructed Zehra to call for Bajwa's court martial and alleged that the discussion was planned and scripted to support political figures such as Nawaz Sharif, Mohsin Naqvi, Asif Ali Zardari, and Gen. Asim Munir.
He also pointed out that three channels, including 24News HD TV, belonged to Punjab caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi, who has the support of Zardari and Sharif, and the army chief Gen Asim Munir.
Zehra responded to Pirzada's remarks by stating that she will file a defamation suit against him in a US court and plans to release a vlog. She added that ignoring such slanderous comments would be inexcusable.
