After Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman and ex-prime minister Imran Khan, senior anchorperson of Geo News Hamid Mir confirmed that Shahbaz Gill was subjected to torture in custody of the Islamabad police.
While hosting the Geo News program Capital Talk, Hamid Mir said that I have met Shahbaz Gill in jail. He has been tortured on parts of his body which cannot be shown on television screen, he added.
Seeking legal opinion regarding violence, Hamid Mir questioned renowned jurist Salman Akram Raja.
Salman Akram Raja said that it has to be shown in the medical examination, if torture has taken place, because it is a serious matter, if torture has taken place, then these things will come out in the medical examination.
Salman Akram Raja said that if this violence was done by the Islamabad police, then today the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has sent the matter back to the judicial magistrate to decide again whether to grant his remand to the Islamabad Police or not. It will be a very important factor in the decision of the high court whether the violence took place under the supervision of the Islamabad police or not.
After Salman Akram Raja’s legal opinion, anchorperson Hamid Mir said that according to my information, Gill was tortured in the custody of Islamabad police.
شہباز گل نے ایک ٹی وی چینل پر جو باتیں کیں انکی تائید نہیں کی جا سکتی لیکن انکے ساتھ جو غیر قانونی تشدد ہوا ہے وہ قابل مذمت ہے جسم کے ایسے حصوں پر تشدد کیا گیا جو دکھایا نہیں جا سکتا pic.twitter.com/d2INXyY3mR
— Hamid Mir (@HamidMirPAK) August 16, 2022
Earlier, Imran Khan said in a private channel interview that Shahbaz Gill was tortured.
The former prime minister said that after meeting Shahbaz Gill, the lawyer told me that he was being tortured by being naked.
On the other hand, Interior Minister Punjab Colonel (Rtd) Hashim has written on the social media website Twitter that “After the press talk of Adiala Jail, it has come to my knowledge that Shahbaz Gul was illegally kept in the chakki on the first night of his entry into the jail. That should not happen to any prisoner. I have asked the competent authority to remove the DIG and the Superintendent.”
اڈیالہ جیل کے پریس ٹاک کے بعد میرے علم میں آیا ہے کہ جیل داخلے کی پہلی رات شہباز گل کو غیر قانونی طور پہ چکی میں رکھا گیا جو کہ کسی بھی قیدی کے ساتھ نہیں ہونا چاہیے۔ میں نے ڈی آئ جی اور سپریٹنڈنٹ کے ہٹانے کو مجاز اتھارٹی کو recommendکر دیا ہے @ImranKhanPTI @fawadchaudhry
— Col (R) Muhammad Hashim| Home Minister Punjab. (@ColhashimDogar) August 16, 2022
Jail sources told News 360 that “after the torture, Gill’s condition deteriorated and he was shifted to the jail hospital, where he is being given medical attention.”
WTH! Shehbaz Gill was stripped naked and tortured! Gross violation of human rights! pic.twitter.com/i3UUUF0268
— Virk Shahzaib (@VirkSh786) August 15, 2022