KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has accused eight people including singer Meesha Shafi, YouTuber Ali Gul Pir and actor Iffat Omar of running a smear campaign against actor and singer Ali Zafar.

Ali Zafar had filed a case with the cybercrime wing of the FIA against them for their campaign targeted to damage his reputation.

The investigation agency submitted a challan in a Lahore court saying that all the accused failed to provide evidence or witnesses to the allegation of sexual harassment with Meesha Shafi.

The other people who have been accused of vilification campaign include Maham Javaid, Leena Ghani, Haseemus Zaman, Fariha Ayub, Syed Faizan Raza and Humna Raza.

Shafi had levelled allegations of sexual harassment against Ali Zafar saying that he harassed her on several occasions. The accusations have been denied by the male singer.