Tarar appeared in court as a witness and recorded his testimony before Additional Sessions Judge Yulmaz Ghani.
He stated that the PTI founder had “knowingly and repeatedly” levelled false and baseless allegations against Shehbaz, implying that he had offered a bribe of Rs10 billion in exchange for silence over the Panama Papers case.
Tarar told the court that the accusations were first made publicly at a ceremony in Peshawar on April 25, 2017, and were later repeated during a programme aired on April 26, 2017. He further testified that the same claims resurfaced in several other televised interviews.
The court was informed that the allegations were also reiterated during a political gathering at Parade Ground, Rawalpindi, which was broadcast by Express News on April 28, 2017, and later at Karachi Airport, footage of which was aired by 24 News on April 30, 2017.