Overview
- Judge Richard Spearman KC directed Raja to publish a public apology on X, Facebook, YouTube and his website for 28 days.
- Raja must pay £310,000 by December 22, 2025, including £50,000 in damages and £260,000 in legal costs, with further costs to be assessed.
- An injunction restrains Raja from repeating the defamatory allegations about Brigadier Naseer.
- Raja’s bid for permission to appeal was rejected at the High Court hearing, and his legal team says they will seek permission at the Court of Appeal.
- Pakistan has submitted extradition documents for Raja and Shehzad Akbar to the British High Commissioner, according to Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi.