Pakistan, Oct. 22 -- Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has achieved significant legal vindication in the United Kingdom after initiating a defamation claim at the UK High Court against a private news channel over a programme that alleged she purchased a Toshakhana watch in a corrupt arrangement with bureaucrats.

The Muqabil talk show, aired on November 17, 2022, alleged Maryam had received a watch from the Toshakhana (state gift repository) worth a million rupees for just Rs45,000, facilitated via corrupt collusion with bureaucrats.

Maryam's case was lodged at the UK High Court by her lawyers - represented by Barrister David Lemer of Doughty Street Chambers and Solicitors, Sadia Qureshi, and Ushrat Sultana of Stone White Solicitors.

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