ISLAMABAD: A district and sessions court in Islamabad granted on Thursday the Islamabad police's request for physical remand of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shahbaz Gill’s driver’s brother-in-law, while sending the driver's wife to jail.

The court announced its judgment shortly after reserving it after hearing the accused's counsel's arguments. Following the court announcing its judgment, the counsel for the wife filed a post-arrest bail petition, on which the court later issued notices. Judicial Magistrate Salman Badar has summoned the police and prosecutor tomorrow, asking for the wife to kept in jail tonight. Earlier this week, Gill was arrested on charges of sedition and inciting the public against state institutions. Following Gill’s arrest, the ICT police raided his driver’s home and maintained that the driver’s family had protested in a government car.

During court proceedings today, the accused’s counsel Faisal Chaudhry said that the incident took place at 9pm last night and claimed there was “video evidence proving that the police entered [the driver's house] without a warrant”.

Published in The Daily National Courier, August, 12 2022

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