Libel win for Jang owner

IN Media Watch Briefs | 17/12/2016

Mir Shakil ur Rahman, the Dubai based owner of Pakistan’s Jang newspaper and Geo television, won a major libel victory against Pak television channel ARY News in the UK earlier this month, reports The Guardian.  ARY, like most other Pakistani TV channels, is answerable to British courts because it rebroadcasts in the UK. ARY had attacked Rahman over several programmes during 2013-14 where he was accused, among other things, of committing treason and working for Indian intelligence.  ARY has been asked to pay Rahman damages to the tune of UKP 185,000.