Harmful Propaganda.

On Wednesday, a district and sessions court in Islamabad granted the police a two-day physical remand of PTI leader Shahbaz Gill, a day after he was arrested on charges of sedition and inciting the public against the state institutions. According to reports, the remand was sought for the purpose of forensics and verification in relation to his controversial appearance on the. There is a need to determine if others from his party were involved in what was stated. The police have now been directed to produce Mr. Gill before the court on August 12.

While party officials and workers tried their best to spread misinformation around the arrest to make it appear as an 'abduction', the fact of the matter is that everything was captured on the CCTV footage. Mr. Gill was arrested by the Islamabad police in accordance with the law on charges of sedition and inciting the public against state institutions; authorities have a right to arrest following the registration of an FIR and no one is deserving of special treatment. Furthermore, as the CCTV footage also shows, there was no physical violence involved whatsoever against Mr. Gill or his driver, and the car window was only broken after they continued to resist the arrest. PTI's pretence of unjust action does not hold water.

As far as the seditious statements are concerned, it appears that the motive was to fan the flames of division. This is...