Islamabad Court Resumes Hearing Of Shahbaz Gill's Bail Plea.

A district and sessions court in Islamabad resumed on Monday (today) hearing of a petition seeking interim bail of PTI's incarcerated leader Shahbaz Gill in a sedition case filed against him.

On August 9, Gill was arrested from Banigala Chowk in the capital a day after making controversial remarks on a private TV channel. He was subsequently booked on charges of sedition and inciting members of state institutions against the Pakistan Army.

Additional District and Sessions Judge Zafar Iqbal is hearing the sedition case. Shahbaz Gill's lawyers are giving their arguments in the courtroom.

At the outset of today's hearing, Inspector Rashid appeared before the court along with the records pertaining to the sedition case against Gill.

Burhan Moazzam, Gill's counsel requested the court for the record and evidence or testimonies against his client.

At this, the court ordered the police to share the record with Gill's counsel.

The police allowed Gill's lawyer to see the record, however, prosecutor Raja Rizwan Abbasi asked the court to restrict the lawyers from taking photos of the papers.

'We will share records (with the suspect's lawyers) but we cannot show them supplementary,' argued the prosecutor.

Approving his plea, the judge ordered the police to share the records with Gill's counsel and suspended the hearing for a break till 11 am today.

In the last hearing, the Islamabad court gave the capital's police the last chance to submit records pertaining to the sedition case against the PTI leader by Monday with his lawyers terming the delay 'unfortunate'.

The police, during that day's hearing, told the court that the investigation officer - who is in Karachi and has the records - could not be reached and his phone has also been switched off.

Special prosecutor Rizwan Abbas told the court that he wanted to see the...

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