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Multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter claim that Pakistani singer Meesha Shafi was sentenced to three years in jail for falsely accusing fellow singer Ali Zafar of sexual harassment. The claim is false; a court is yet to pass judgment in an ongoing defamation lawsuit Zafar filed against Shafi after she accused him of sexual harassment; Shafi and her legal team refuted the claim, calling it “false information” and “fake news”.
The claim has been shared more than 500 times since it was published on Facebook here March 15, 2021.
The post’s lengthy caption reads in part: “On levelling false sexual harassment allegations on the Pakistan s Pop Star Ali Zafar, his colleague Singer Meesha Shafi sentenced to three years imprisonment in a Defamation case filed by Ali Zafar three years back.”
False claim circulates online that Meesha Shafi was sentenced to three years in jail for defamation
Published On 17 March,2021 09:27 pm
False claim circulates online that Meesha Shafi was sentenced to three years in jail for defamation
(AFP) - Multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter claim that Pakistani singer Meesha Shafi was sentenced to three years in jail for falsely accusing fellow singer Ali Zafar of sexual harassment. The claim is false; a court is yet to pass judgment in an ongoing defamation lawsuit Zafar filed against Shafi after she accused him of sexual harassment; Shafi and her legal team refuted the claim, calling it “false information” and “fake news”.