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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shahbaz Gill on Thursday submitted a request in court for his bail in the sedition case filed against him by the PLM-N led coalition government.
Former prime minister Imran Khan’s chief of staff was arrested for passing remarks against the army during a television show. Gill has claimed that he was sexually assaulted while under custody.
Shahbaz Gill is currently in jail on judicial remand on charges of sedition and inciting mutiny in the army following his controversial remarks.
His lawyer submitted the bail plea on his behalf to the sessions judge of district West.
The plea maintains that the case against Gill is baseless and political in nature, adding his statements were broken up and included in the first information report filed against him.
“The applicant is a graduate of one of the top universities,” the appeal stated. “The applicant has been teaching in educational institutions throughout America and Europe.”
He pleaded with the court to grant him bail in the case.
Earlier on Wednesday, a district and sessions court in Islamabad denied physical remand of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shahbaz Gill to the police and sent him to jail on judicial remand in a sedition case.
