Punjab Home Minister Hashim Muhammad Dogar on Tuesday denied reports of PTI leader Shahbaz Gill tortured in prison.
Talking to media after visiting Gill – who was arrested last a week for making controversial remarks in a program that has aired on Ahri News – in Adiala Rawalpindi jailDogar said the PTI leader was “totally fine, no problem”.
His statement comes the day after former prime minister Imran Khan claimed that Gill was stripped naked, beaten and mentally tortured. behind bars.
In an interview with GNN News host Fereeha N Idrees yesterday expressed his disappointment at the treatment out at your boss of employees.
“They torture him and try to break him mentally. And they make him give statements against Imran Khan,” the ex-premier said, adding that if “Imran has to say something, he will say it himself.” […] he is not need Shahbaz Gill for what”.
Imran had also supposedly the same on Friday I ask on on whose orders the alleged torture was carried out out.
However, in media speaking today, Dogar refuted those allegations.
“I am very clear. The question doesn’t even come up. Not one even dare to lay a finger on Any prisoner in jailnot to mention Shahbaz Gill. I will take direct action if anyone does,” he said, adding that he would meet with PTI chairman Imran Khan and brief him on the “actual situation.”
provincial minister said that any report of torture should be “managed out”, saying that media could interrogate Gill himself after his release, if there was something wrong with what Dogar said.
Dogar said he would keep prison officials are held accountable in case of violence against Any prisoner. He said his job was to investigate reports of torture and violence in any prison and repeated that nothing of something similar happened by asking media not to spread rumors.
But in tweet later in day, Dogar said he came in know that Gill was illegally kept in in chakki on his first night in in prison adding that it should will not happen with Any prisoner.
“I recommended removing of DIG and superintendent to the competent authority,” he said.
Subsequently Punjab Minister for Co-ops Basharat Raja said DIG and superintendent for Adiala jail were removed from their posts on them “criminal silence about committed illegal actions with political prisoner Shahbaz Gill.
Maher Sher Ali, public public relations officer for Punjab home department, said Dawn.com this action has not yet been taken against faces, but would soon.
PTI recently stated that Gill was tortured. in in prison. The day before, PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry said that Gill was being targeted because he was not among the “powerful”.
Gill’s controversial comments
Earlier this week, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) released show-cause notification for ARY News for broadcasting Gill’s comments, which he said were “highly hateful and inflammatory” remarks tantamount to “inciting the armed forces to rebellion”.
The notice said that Gill was invited via telephone call for his comments and during his speech with channel, Gill claimed that government tried to provoke the lower and middle of army against PTI, saying that family of such “ordinary” support Imran Khan and his party “which kindles rage in government”.
He had also argued that “strategic media cell” of spread the ruling PML-N false information and fake news create divisions between PTI head Imran Khan and the military.
Gill said that government leaders including Javed Latif, Defense Minister Khawaja Asif and former Speaker of the National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq criticized the army in in past “And they were on government positions now.
“Statement made guest on ARY News is a Violation of Article 19 of Constitution, as well as the laws of Pemra. Airing of such content on your news channel shows or weak editorial control on in content or the licensee deliberately condones in providing its platform to such persons who intend to sow malice and hatred against state institutions for their selfish interests,” said the observer.
“Dr. Gill tried to slander the federal government by claiming to government functionaries lead campaign through social media cell for dissemination of anti-army narratives,” the authorities said.
