IHC grants Shahbaz Gill post-arrest bail.

ISLAMABAD -- The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Thursday granted post-arrest bail to Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shahbaz Gill in a sedition case regisAtered against him.

A single bench of IHC comprisAing Chief Justice of IHC Justice Athar Minallah conducted hearAing of Gill's petition wherein the PTI leader adopted the stance that evidence of torture was found on him and thus, the court may grant him post-arrest bail in this matter. The IHC bench accepted Gill's bail petition and directed him to furnish surety bonds worth Rs 500, 000.

During the hearing, Gill's counAsel Salman Safdar Advocate said that case against his client was registered under 14 different secAtions of the Pakistan Penal Code on the basis of a 'speech' and arAgued that the case was registered under malicious intent and was politically-motivated. He added that the entire case revolves around a speech. Safdar further said that the investigation had alAready been completed and nothAing to be recovered from Gill.

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The IHC Chief Justice asked that whether Gill had actually made the statements quoted in the FIR. He added that how would you justify such comments coming from a party representaAtive and why do political parties drag the armed forces into poliAtics. Gill's lawyer answered that statements...