The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday fixed for hearing the post-arrest bail petition filed by PTI leader Shahbaz Gill in the case of making anti-Pakistan Army remarks during a talk show on a private TV channel, reported 24NewsHD TV channel. 

IHC Chief Justice (CJ) Justice Athar Minallah will take up the petition for the hearing on September 5, 2022. 

Making SHO Kohsar police station, City Magistrate Ghulam Murtaza and others as respondents in the petition, Gill said that he had been arrested by the police on August 9, 2022. “I am a chief staff officer of former prime minister Imran Khan,” he said, and added that on August 17 he was examined by senior doctors of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Islamabad, who later, in their report, confirmed torture on him.   

“Hence as long as the court decides my case, I be granted post-arrest bail,” read the petition.

Reporter: Ehtesham Kiyani