The Kuala Lumpur High Court today ordered jailed deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim to pay more than RM85,000 to the prime minister as costs for his failed defamation suit.

Anwar's lawyer Karpal Singh said deputy registrar Rozilah Salleh ordered Anwar to pay RM85,284.80 to Dr Mahathir Mohamad after the former's RM100 million defamation suit was successfully struck out by the court.

Karpal said that Rozilah gave her decision in her chambers today after having heard submissions from both parties earlier.

Karpal said he will take instructions from Anwar on whether to appeal this ruling.