ARY News and its affiliate parent companies are no strangers to defamation lawsuits. The resultant cases, most of which have been tried in courts in the United Kingdom, have cost ARY hundreds of thousands in pound sterling , so much so that the ARY UK filed for voluntary bankruptcy in 2017. However, the bankruptcy has not shielded ARY from further liable allegations.

Here we cover the most prominent ARY defamation cases in the past few years.

Gul Bukhari

Earlier this month, activist Gul Bukhari won her defamation case against ARY in the United Kingdom, following a ruling from media regulatory body Ofcom which found that New Vision TV, which broadcasts ARY, had run a fake story about a Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) case against her. In the original broadcast, ARY had aired a news broadcast which falsely stated that the FIA’s counter-terrorism wing had issued Bukhair a notice to appear, pending a counter-terrorism case. Bukhari contended that ARY had engaged in damaging and disparaging statements, likening her to a terrorist.

Ofcom ruled against ARY, saying that they had misrepresented material facts.

Ishaq Dar

In October 2021, New Vision TV issued an apology to Ishtaq Dar for publicizing allegations of corruption and misuse of authority. During a broadcast of the news program Powerplay, former Aide to the PM on Accountability Shahzad Akbar had alleged that Mr. Dar had prevented the Financial Monitoring Unit of Pakistan from completing its proper due diligence in an...

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