PTI Chairman Imran Khan called for nationwide rallies in support of his chief of staff, Shahbaz Gill, after the former prime minister alleged his party leader was subjected to “sexual harassment” in police custody.
“I will lead a demonstration in Islamabad tomorrow […] and rallies will be staged across the country,” the PTI chief told journalists.
Khan’s brief news conference came after he was denied access to Gill at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) hospital in Islamabad. Despite the police’s request to extend Gill’s remand in a sedition case, an Islamabad district and sessions court earlier today ordered that he be sent to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) for a health review.
“Shahbaz Gill’s condition is not good,” the court said while pronouncing the reserved verdict by duty judge Judicial Magistrate Raja Farrukh Ali Khan.
PTI officials have frequently requested Gill’s release from police arrest, claiming that he was tortured while in police custody. Amnesty International has also expressed alarm about rumors about the PTI leader. Gill is currently being treated at the PIMS hospital after his health reportedly deteriorated while incarcerated at the Adiala Jail. Following that, a medical board was constituted to determine Gill’s condition.
Earlier, the PTI chairman demanded justice for his chief of staff, alleging that he was sexually molested while in police custody.
“All the photographs and videos reveal clearly that Gill was tortured both psychologically and physically, including sexual abuse – most of which are too terrible to describe,” the PTI chairman claimed in a series of tweets.
The PTI chairman claimed that the police humiliated Gill for breaking him down and that he now has all details about the events surrounding Gill’s occurrence.
“ICT police claim they did not torture anyone.” So here’s my question: “Who tortured Gill?” Khan inquired.
The PTI chairman went on to say that there is a broad perception in the public and in “our minds as well as who may have carried out the terrible torture.”
“Keep in mind that the public will react. “We will go to whatever length to locate those responsible and bring them to justice,” he continued.
All the pictures & videos show clearly Gill was tortured both mentally & physically incl sexual abuse – most too gruesome to relate. He was humiliated to break him down. I now have full detailed info. ICT police says it did not inflict any torture. So my question is: pic.twitter.com/iGNczYChnt
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) August 19, 2022
