ISLAMABAD: Rejecting Islamabad police’s plea for an extension in thephysical remand of PTI leader Shahbaz Gill, who is party chair Imran Khan’schief of staff, a district and sessions court Wednesday sent him to prisonon judicial remand.
Judicial magistrate Aman Malik heard the plea seeking a seven-day remandextension in a sedition case. Apart from that, the police also asked thecourt to grant judicial remand of the PTI leader in an arms recovery case.
Gill was arrested on August 9 in Islamabad after a sedition case was filedagainst him for inciting mutiny within the Pakistan Army. He has since beenback-and-forth in police custody and at the PIMS hospital.
