ISLAMABAD: A local court on Saturday deferred the indictment of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shahbaz Gill in a sedition case filed against him till March 22.
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Additional Sessions Judge Tahir Abbas Supra while hearing the case had reserved judgement on Shahbaz Gill’s plea, seeking to defer the indictment till the pending of the case in Supreme Court.
In previous hearing, the court postponed the indictment of Mr Gill till March 11 after granting him a one-time exemption from appearance on medical grounds on a request filed by his legal team.
The PTI leader was arrested on August 9 last year on charges of sedition and inciting the public against the state institutions. He got bail from the Islamabad High Court (IHC) in the same case on September 15, 2022.
شہباز گل کے خلاف اداروں میں بغاوت پر اکسانے کا کیس " اس ملک کا وزیر دفاع TV پر کہہ رہا ہے فیض حمید کو غلط احکامات نہیں ماننے چاہیے تھے مجھ پر بھی وہی الزام ہے جو خواجہ آصف نے کہا مجھ پر مقدمہ بنایا گیا لیکن 48 گھنٹے گزر گئے کسی نے مقدمہ نہیں بنایا " شہباز گل کے عدالت میں دلائل
— Saqib Bashir (@saqibbashir156) March 11, 2023
During the course of proceedings today, Shahbaz Gill argued that the statement on the basis of which he was charged with sedition was the same as given by Defense Minister Khawaja Asif on TV recently.
Khawaja Asif said the that Faiz Hameed (Ex-DG ISI) shouldn’t have ‘illegal’ orders. Shahbaz Gill said “the same charges are on me,” adding that to his surprise, 48 hours passed but no case was registered against the minister.
After hearing the arguments, Additional Sessions Judge Tahir Abbas Supra reserved the judgement which was announced hours later, rejecting Gill’s plea and fixing the date of March 22 for indictment in Sedition case.
