IHC accepts Shahbaz Gill’s bail plea in sedition case
On Thursday, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) accepted the bail plea of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shahbaz Gill in the sedition case, ordering him to submit the surety bonds of Rs500,000.
IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah heard the case, and Salman Safdar, a lawyer for Shahbaz Gill, read the text of the first information report (FIR) against the PTI leader.
IHC accepts Shahbaz Gill’s bail plea in sedition case
“The sedition case against Shahbaz Gill is political. It is ill-intentioned and against the law. Gill was a special assistant to the prime minister in the PTI government, and he was made Imran Khan’s Chief of Staff after the ouster of the PTI government,” the lawyer argued before the court.
“Did Shahbaz Gill say all those things?” the IHC chief justice questioned the lawyer about Gill’s seditious remarks.
“Can these things be justified? Can these words of the spokesperson for a political party be justified? Should political parties drag the armed forces into politics? It is not just a speech,” the IHC chief justice remarked.
وفاکےراستے کاہر مسافر گواہی دےگا تُم کھڑے تھے #امپورٹڈ_سیٹ_اپ_نامنظور pic.twitter.com/wf0lufzIAT
— Dr Shahbaz Gill ( Updates ) (@DRSGUPDATES) August 10, 2022
