The court reserved its decision on the admissibility of the petition against Shahbaz Gill.
According to the details, the Islamabad High Court is hearing the case of the leader Shehbaz Gul in the case of sedition and further physical remand.
Acting Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court Aamir Farooq is conducting the hearing, Shahbazgul has approached the court to dismiss the case.
The prosecution has challenged the magistrate’s decision not to grant physical remand.
Acting Chief Justice said that the accused belongs to a political party, the court has to look only at the legal point.
Islamabad High Court stopped lawyers from talking about politics in Shahbaz Gul case.
Acting Chief Justice Amir Farooq said that he is not going to the merits of the remand request, he will hear the arguments first. He has also requested that physical remand be given. The High Court does not remand.
The court remarked that it is the job of the police to conduct the investigation and it has to be done by the Supervising Magistrate. The accused is always the favorite child of the court. It is not the jurisdiction of the High Court to see how much the accused should be remanded.
Lawyer Shehbaz Gul argued that the High Court cannot interfere in the investigation and remand, to which the Acting Chief Justice said that we are not even interfering. The case has not yet been heard on the merits of remand. I will hear the arguments first when they are admissible.
