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title: "Mehmood Bhatti ordered to post Rs 3 million surety in defamation case"
description: "Both outlets reported that Mehmood Bhatti and his co-defendants were ordered to post a Rs 3 million surety by the Punjab Defamation Tribunal in Lahore. Minute Mirror led with the financial penalty and the involvement of the tribunal, while BOL News added context about the defendants being granted leave to contest the case under the surety condition."
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# Mehmood Bhatti ordered to post Rs 3 million surety in defamation case

entertainment · updated 8 Sep 2026, 8:47 PM PKT · 8 Sep 2026 · 3 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Both outlets reported that Mehmood Bhatti and his co-defendants were ordered to post a Rs 3 million surety by the Punjab Defamation Tribunal in Lahore. Minute Mirror led with the financial penalty and the involvement of the tribunal, while BOL News added context about the defendants being granted leave to contest the case under the surety condition.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **BOL News** — [Mehmood Bhatti ordered to submit Rs. 3m surety in defamation case](https://www.bolnews.com/fashion/mehmood-bhatti-ordered-to-submit-rs-3m-surety-in-defamation-case) · 8 Sep 2026, 8:47 PM PKT
  > The tribunal therefore granted the defendants leave to contest the case, subject to the surety requirement.
- **Minute Mirror** — [Mehmood Bhatti hit with Rs 3M surety order in defa...](https://minutemirror.com.pk/mehmood-bhatti-hit-with-rs-3m-surety-order-in-defamation-case-626768/) · 8 Sep 2026, 5:35 PM PKT · 84% identical wording to the newest filing
  > The Punjab Defamation Tribunal, Lahore, has directed Pakistani-French fashion designer Mehmood Ahmad Bhatti and his co-defendants to

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