‘Software not corrupted’: Shahbaz Gill gives first video statement

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Dr Shahbaz Gill has given his first video statement after being released from jail on bail in the sedition case.

He said, “Like other patriotic Pakistanis, my software was already updated for loving Pakistan. As I was born in a village, so you can say that our software was already updated by birth. But it is true, in this episode, my hardware was updated multiple times to corrupt my software. But software cannot be corrupted if this is a matter of a true relation by heart.”

اب کر لیں آپ سافٹ ویئرز اپڈیٹ !!!

وہ سب لوگ جو پوچھ رھے تھے کہ شہباز گل نے عمران خان اور پی ٹی آئ سے علیحدگی اختیار کر لی ھے ؟

انکو جمعہ مبارک pic.twitter.com/8vznOJzzL5

— Kashif Abbasi (@Kashifabbasi__) September 23, 2022

The statement cam after rumours about Gill parting ways with PTI after getting bail in the sedition case.

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) had granted bail to PTI leader Shahbaz Gill in a sedition case against Rs500,000 surety bonds a few days ago. Details about the duration of bail are yet to be confirmed.

Gill has been detained since August 9, when he was arrested in Islamabad following his controversial remarks allegedly about the army during an ARY News bulletin.

On August 9, the same day when Gill was arrested, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) had issued a show-cause notice to ARY News for airing comments from Gill, that it said were “highly hateful and seditious” remarks tantamount to “incite armed forces towards revolt”.