The federal government on Wednesday withdrew a petition seeking the cancellation of bail granted to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shahbaz Gill.
According to details, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial accepted the government’s application to withdraw the case related to the cancellation of Shahbaz Gill’s plea.
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial conducted an in-chamber hearing and accepted the government’s application. Advocate Rizwan Abbasi appeared in the chamber on behalf of the federal government.
Responding to CJP’s questions, Rizwan Abbasi noted that Shahbaz Gill has repeated his crime, adding that an application will be submitted at the relevant forum for the cancellation of bail.
It is pertinent to mention here that a district and sessions court in Islamabad fixed January 20 for the indictment of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former SAPM Shahbaz Gill in the sedition case.
Gill’s lawyer told the court that his client was outside the court in the ambulance. He cannot come to court as he is wearing an oxygen mask. He said that despite his health problem his arrest warrants have been issued.
Furthermore, the court ordered all the respondents to make sure of their presence at the next hearing and fixed January 20 for the indictment of PTI leader Shahbaz Gill.
Earlier, Balochistan Police summoned Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shahbaz Gill in connection with a sedition case registered against him in Qila Abdullah.
The Balochistan police added that Gill has been summoned and he agreed to cooperate with the police.
Meanwhile, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday rejected a request of Senator Azam Swati seeking to serve a contempt of court notice on CDA for conducting an operation against his farmhouse.
The court also clubbed the petition of Azam Swati’s son with the main case while rejecting his request for initiating contempt proceedings against the CDA.
Justice Arbab Tahir heard the petition filed by Tahir Swati, son of Azam Swati. The court said that so far it was seeking written comments from the respondents besides clubbing the case.
The court remarked that it had not issued such orders for which the petitioner had requested to lodge a contempt of court case. The court observed that the petitioner had requested it to stop CDA from demolishing the illegal structure as the applicant was ready to raise it.
The bench noted that the petitioner had never prayed the court to de-seal the property. Further hearing of the case was adjourned till March 6.
