ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Tuesday (9th of August, 2022) said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shahbaz Gill was arrested “in accordance with the law” on charges for inciting the public against the state institutions.
“Shahbaz Gill had made statements against the institutions in an attempt to create hatred among its personnel and inciting them towards revolt,” he said while addressing a press conference here.
Flanked by Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb, he said a case 691/22 was registered against Gill in Kohsar police station under sections 120, 124-A (sedition), 505 (statements conducing to public mischief), and others of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).
Gill was accused of spreading chaos, inciting people against the state along with other serious allegations, Rana Sanaullah added.
Rana Sanaullah said, “following Lasbela helicopter crash, a conspiracy was hatched against the state institutions after a meeting presided over by the PTI chief.”
Rana accused Shahbaz Gill and Fawad Chaudhry of promoting a narrative against institutions in collaboration with ARY.
Rana Sanaullah said Shahbaz Gill’s provocative comments were broadcasted more than once against a disciplined institution which made it obvious that Imran Khan wanted to divide the nation and mislead youth of the country.
Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah reiterated that Gill was arrested according to the law and through a proper procedure: “I assure you, he will be treated in accordance with the law.”
Rana said, Gill would be produced before the court, and “a fair and transparent investigation would be conducted” against him.
Rana Sanaullah said fake cases were registered against the PML-N during the PTI tenure, but the present government had been abiding by the law and the Constitution.
Sanaullah, maintaining that Imran Khan was working on a narrative after realizing that he had been trapped in the foreign funding and Toshakhana references, further informed that the case was registered against Shahbaz Gill on magistrate Ghulam Murtuza Chandio’s complaint under PPC sections:
34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention);
109 (punishment of abetment if the act abetted committed in consequence and where no express provision is made for its punishment);
120 (concealing design to commit an offence punishable with imprisonment);
124-A (sedition);
131 (abetting mutiny, or attempting to seduce a soldier, sailor or airman from his duty);
153 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot);
153-A (promoting enmity between different groups);
505 (statement conducing to public mischief); and
506 (punishment for criminal intimidation).
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