Pakistan, Sept. 9 -- The Lahore High Court (LHC) has sought a response within seven days on singer Meesha Shafi's miscellaneous application challenging a trial court decision ordering her to pay Rs 5 million in damages in a defamation case involving singer Ali Zafar.

A two-member bench headed by Justice Ahmad Nadeem Arshad heard Shafi's appeal against the lower court's decision.

In her appeal, Shafi argued that the trial court had not properly assessed the facts and law while deciding the defamation case. She maintained that the defamation proceedings were decided without a determination on the merits of her sexual harassment allegations against Zafar.

Shafi informed the court that litigation concerning her sexual harassment allegation...