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Shahbaz Gill willing to apologise, clear misunderstanding: lawyer

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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

Shahbaz Gill files bail plea in Islamabad court in sedition case

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 Police officers escort the leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Doctor Shahbaz Gill after a hearing at district court, in Federal Capital. — Online Shahbaz Gill maintains that case against him is based on "distorted" bits of his remarks. Says basis of sedition case is "malafide intent" and "political malice". Contends case not admissible against him under treason sections. Senior PTI leader Shahbaz Gill on Thursday filed a plea seeking bail in the sedition case filed against him, in a district and sessions court in Islamabad where the case is currently under trial. Advocate Faisal Chaudhry and others in PTI's legal team filed the plea on Gill's behalf. The plea stated that the case against Gill is based on "malafide intent" and "political malice". "I have passed out from the best universities and have been teaching in American and European varsities. Bits of my remarks [made during live TV programme] were

Shahbaz Gill shifted to PIMS, undergoes medical tests

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PTI leader Shahbaz Gill seen lying on a hospital's bed with an oxygen mask on. — Twitter ISLAMABAD: The medical examination of senior PTI leader Shahbaz Gill was underway at the PIMS Hospital, sources said early Thursday morning, after the politician was shifted to the medical facility due to "breathing" issues. Adiala jail authorities handed over Gill — who has been behind the bars since over a week now in a sedition case — to the Islamabad Police late on Tuesday night following a heated standoff over his custody. The handover was ordered by a district and sessions court earlier in the day. At the PIMS's cardiac centre, doctors conducted his initial medical checkup. Different tests, including blood tests and ECG were also conducted. The sources said that Gill's oxygen saturation level was recorded at 97. For normal people, a pulse oximeter reading for oxygen saturation level is between 95% and 100%. Moreover, a sample for COVID-19 diagnostic testing