ISLAMABAD: A district and sessions court in Islamabad granted on Monday a two-day physical remand of PTI leader Shahbaz Gill in a sedition case after reviewing his medical report.
PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s chief of staff, Gill was presented before the court earlier shortly after being discharged from the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) today.
Gill was taken into custody on August 9 from Banigala Chowk over charges of inciting mutiny among public against the ranks and files of Pakistan Army by making some remarks during a TV programme.
The PTI contends that its leader was “tortured” while in incarceration and was not medically fit to be sent into physical remand while the police insist on him being given into its custody for further investigation.
He was brought to court in a bulletproof car. The police covered his upper part of the body with a white cloth in the premises of the court.
Earlier in the day, when the court met it ordered police to produce Gill by around 12 pm.
Former premier Imran Khan’s chief of staff was represented by lawyers Babar Awan and Faisal Chauhdry.
Gill’s counsel requested the court to delay the hearing until 1pm, but the request was denied by the magistrate.
The judicial magistrate said he can’t keep the remand hearing hanging till 1 pm.
Later in the day, after hearing Gill and the prosecution side the judge reserved the judgment on Gill’s remand.
