Shahbaz Gill willing to apologise, clear misunderstanding: lawyer
Police officers escort the leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Doctor Shahbaz Gill after a hearing at district court, in Federal Capital. — Online Police present case record as directed by court at last hearing. Court directs police to show Gill's initial statement to defence lawyer. Additional District and Sessions judge Zafar Iqbal is hearing plea. PTI's senior leader Shahbaz Gill is willing to apologise for his controversial remarks, his lawyer told a district and sessions court in Islamabad when it resumed hearing Gill's bail plea in a sedition case on Monday. On August 9, Gill was arrested from Banigala Chowk in the capital a day after making controversial remarks on a private TV channel. He was subsequently booked on charges of sedition and inciting members of state institutions against the Pakistan Army. At the outset of the hearing, the Islamabad Capital City Police presented the case record in court as directed by the judge at the last hearing of h