Legal Victory for Texas Businessman Brings Long Ordeal to Resolution

Tahir Javed had been targeted by business and political rival

HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A Texas court has granted summary judgment in favor of prominent Texas entrepreneur, philanthropist, and politician Tahir Javed in a lawsuit involving a years-long campaign of misinformation targeting him.

On Jan. 20, 2026, Judge Kristen Brauchle Hawkins of the 11^th Judicial District Court of Harris County ordered that Tanweer Ahmed’s remaining legal claims against Mr. Javed for breach of contract, fraud, and negligent misrepresentation be dismissed with prejudice.

The court had previously dismissed Mr. Ahmed’s claims for defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, tortious interference, and conspiracy, and sanctioned Mr. Ahmed $10,000 to discourage him from filing future baseless lawsuits against Mr. Javed.

Mr. Ahmed, a Texas businessman and alleged political rival of Mr. Javed, originally sued Mr. Javed and several online media outlets, alleging that Mr. Javed had taken undue credit and upstaged him in high-profile American and Pakistani political events, defamed him, and otherwise attacked his character, integrity, and reputation.

Mr. Javed is currently pursuing counterclaims against Mr. Ahmed, alleging that Mr. Ahmed teamed up with disgraced Fort Bend politician Taral Patel to post fake and defamatory news articles on “pay-to-publish” websites financed by Mr. Ahmed. These counterclaims further allege that Mr. Patel posted articles under a fake Facebook profile in a scheme similar to the one he ran for his former boss, disgraced Fort Bend County Judge K.P. George, and for which Mr. Patel pled guilty to two misdemeanors.

Mr. Javed welcomed the court’s decision and issued the following statement: “For years, my family and I were harassed by fabricated articles and fake social media posts. When I said ‘enough is enough’ and investigated whether Ahmed and others were behind the scheme, Mr. Ahmed sued me on bogus claims to re-direct attention. I am grateful for the court’s decision to dismiss all of Mr. Ahmed’s claims against me, and I look forward to having a court and jury hold Mr. Ahmed accountable.”

The case is Ahmed v. Jago Times et al., Cause No. 2025-35033, in the 11^th Judicial District Court of Harris County.

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