By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court has issued a notice to PTI leader and Imran Khan’s chief of staff Shahbaz Gill on the government plea seeking his physical remand while asking the government lawyer to present arguments on the maintainability of the petition.
IHC Acting Chief Justice Amir Farooq on Monday heard the government petition which challenged the lower court’s decision of sending Gill on judicial remand while rejecting its plea for extension in his physical remand.
On behalf of the government, Islamabad’s advocate general Jehangir Jadoon appeared before the court. Additionally present in court was the case’s investigative officer. The judge requested information from the AG regarding the case’s stage. The law enforcement official informed the court of the lower court’s ruling. He claimed that during one of Gill’s talks with a private TV channel, Gill specifically mentioned the state institutions. The AG said, “The institutions that the PTI leader criticised have made so many sacrifices for the country and are revered and held in great esteem.
The court said that the sessions court had rejected the government review plea for physical remand. It asked the petitioner’s lawyer to first present arguments in favour of the maintainability of the petition.
The lawyer citing several court judgements contended that the petition against the decision of the judicial magistrate was suitable to be heard. He said that police were yet to recover mobile phone and other devices from the possession of the accused, that’s why they needed his further physical remand.
However, the court required attorney Rizwan Abbasi to provide justifications for his request for an extension of the accused’s physical remand. Shahbaz Gill was then given a notice by the court instructing him to file his response by tomorrow.
