The Lahore High Court on Thursday issued notices to ombudsperson and the governor of Punjab for October 04 in a petition of singer Meesha Shafi challenging dismissal of her complaint against an actor Ali Zafar on sexual harassment charges.
Earlier, Barrister Ahmad Pansota argued that the ombudsperson dismissed the petitioner's complaint on technical grounds and the governor also upheld the decision. The counsel stated that the ombudsperson in the impugned decision observed that the petitioner failed to establish employment relationship with the respondent, therefore, the matter did not fall within the domain of the Act.
He argued that the contract letter with a production company was enough to establish that the sexual harassment caused to the petitioner at the hands of the respondent was at the workplace. The counsel asked the court to set aside the impugned decisions and direct the ombudsperson to decide the complaint of the petitioner on merits. Ms Shafi had accused Ali Zafar of physical advances on more than one occasion and also sent him a legal notice in response to Rs 1 billion defamation notice served by the latter. A damages suit filed by Zafar against Shafi is also pending before a sessions court.
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