The Islamabad court reserved its decision on the revision petition against rejection of physical remand of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) le...
The Islamabad court reserved its decision on the revision petition against rejection of physical remand of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shehbaz Gul.
In the District and Sessions Court of Islamabad, a hearing was held on the review application against the order rejecting the physical remand of Shahbaz Gul, in which Shahbaz Gul's lawyer and the special prosecutor gave arguments.
During the hearing, prosecutor Raja Rizwan Abbasi and accused Shahbaz Gul's lawyer Salman Safdar presented their arguments.
At the beginning of the hearing, the prosecutor Raja Rizwan Abbasi read the text of the case to the court.
He said that after the arrest of Shehbaz Gill, the judicial magistrate gave a 2-day physical remand, the investigation officer requested for more physical remand. He said that the accused is telling lies repeatedly, a polygraphic test is to be conducted, the request for physical remand of the police was rejected by Judicial Magistrate Umar Shabbir, his mobile phone with all the contents is to be recovered from the accused.
Prosecutor Raja Rizwan Abbasi said that the investigating officer clearly wrote that not only recovery but also investigation on various aspects, the mobile phone of the accused is in the possession of his driver.
They said that the duty magistrate should have looked at all aspects but the plea was rejected, who approved the script of the accused? An investigation is yet to be conducted.
Special prosecutor Rizwan Abbasi said that the judicial magistrate wrote that Shahbaz Gul said that his mobile phone is not with him but with the drive, how did the judicial magistrate accept the accused's statement as final? According to the law of evidence, this is not correct.
He further said that the justification for shutting down the signal due to Ashura is not correct, the decision of the judicial magistrate is against the law and should be annulled.
He said that it is requested that the request for further physical remand of the accused should be accepted, investigation is not just a name for recovery.
After the arguments of the parties were completed, the court reserved its decision which will be pronounced today at 3 pm.
Shehbaz Gul's controversial statement
It should be noted that the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) had issued a show cause notice to the private TV channel 'ARY News' for airing the comment of former Prime Minister Imran Khan's spokesperson Shehbaz Gul in its show, which said that his statement 'was tantamount to inciting feelings of mutiny in the ranks of the armed forces'.
During a conversation with ARY, Dr Shahbaz Gul alleged that the government is trying to incite the lower and middle ranks of the army against Tehreek-e-Insaaf.
He said that the families of the officers posted in these positions in the army support Imran Khan and his party, which increases the anger of the government.
He had also alleged that the 'strategic media cell' of the ruling Muslim League-N was spreading misinformation and fake news to create a divide between PTI chief Imran Khan and the armed forces.
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