Ahsan Bhoon files Rs5 billion defamation suit against Captain Safdar

Judicial Commission member Ahsan Bhoon has moved a Rs5 billion defamation complaint against Captain (retd) Muhammad Safdar before Punjab Defamation Tribunal.

The tribunal concluded that the complaint was maintainable and issued a notice to Captain Safdar, summoning him on November 11, 2026.

Bhoon, in his appeal, said that Captain Safdar made defamatory statements about his degree in law and his professional ability to practise law in television interviews and social media.

The claim says Bhoon got his law degree from the University of the Punjab and the qualification has been certified by the necessary authorities.

The petitioner claimed that the purported words had harmed his professional reputation and ruined his decades-long legal career.

Bhoon has sought direction from the tribunal for Captain Safdar to pay Rs1 billion as general damages, Rs2 billion as special damages and Rs2 billion as punitive damages, aggregating to Rs5 billion.

He has also sought an order requiring Captain Safdar to withdraw the purported utterances, make an unreserved apologies and not make similar statements in future.