Court summons Gill, ARY News head for indictment on 22nd.

ISLAMABAD -- An additional district and sessions judge on Saturday dismissed an application of Shahbaz Gill, chief of staff of PTI chairman Imran Khan, for deferring his indictment until the Supreme Court's ruling in Arshad Sharif case and summoned him alongside ARY News director Ammad Yousaf on March 22 for framing of charges in a 'mutiny' case.

When Judge Tahir Abbas Sipra resumed proceedings in the case to indict Mr Gill and Mr Yousaf, the PTI leader informed the court that his counsel could not appear because he had met an accident. He then requested the court to defer indictment till the Supreme Court concluded the proceeding in the journalist Arshad Sharif murder case.

Since Arshad Sharif was also nominated in the First Informa-tion Report registered in this

particular case, the proceeding of the trial court might be deferred till the final verdict of the apex court in the suo motu case, he suggested.

While the judge initially reserved the decision, he dismissed the application after a short break and directed Mr Gill and Mr Yousaf to appear in person on March 22 for indictment.

Police had invoked several sections of Pakistan Penal Code against Mr Gill and Mr Yousaf, including 124-A...