By Web Desk
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ISLAMABAD: Senior PTI leader and party chairman Imran Khan’s chief of staff, Shahbaz Gill has been arrested for incitement against institutions and their leadership, Islamabad Police said Tuesday.
“Shahbaz Gill has been arrested for making statements against the state institutions and creating hatred among its personnel,” police said.
Sources told , that a case under treason laws has been registered against Gill in Kohsar police station on the complaint of the district administration.
They said that the case has been registered under Sections 124-A (sedition), 505 (statements conducing to public mischief), and of the Pakistan Penal Code. Gill has been accused of spreading chaos, inciting people against the state along with other serious allegations.
It is pertinent to mention here that the PTI leader had attempted to incite hatred in the Pakistan Army while speaking on a private TV channel a day prior.
Gill had been using abusive language against the journalists and hurled threats at senior bureaucrats. The PTI leader had been involved in personal attacks and making below-the-belt remarks against his political opponents.
‘This is an abduction not an arrest’ Imran Khan
Meanwhile, PTI Chairman Imran Khan has termed Gill’s arrest as “abduction”.
Imran Khan shared the video statement of Gill’s driver who claimed that the PTI leader was tortured and dragged out of the car.
“This is an abduction not an arrest. Can such shameful acts take place in any democracy? Political workers treated as enemies. And all to make us accept a foreign-backed government of crooks.”
