Pashtun nationalist activist Shah Muhammad, also known as Shah Mehmud, has been declared bankrupt by a UK court after failing to pay legal costs of around £20,000 following the loss of a defamation suit against Geo TV and Daily Jang.

The court ordered him to pay the costs in March 2023 but he failed to comply, leading to the bankruptcy declaration.

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Shah Muhammad lost the defamation case after initiating a claim over a report by Geo News about a protest by Afghan protestors outside the Pakistan High Commission in London in May 2021.

The report did not mention Shah Muhammad, and the court threw out his claim, ordering him to pay full legal costs.