FAISALABAD: A local court in Faisalabad has summoned Shahbaz Gill, the Special Assistant to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Political Communication on March 29 for using obscene language during a private TV program against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) minority member Ramesh Kumar.
A writ petition under Sections 22A and 22B was filed by local lawyer Muhammad Usman Malik Advocate in the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Qamar-ul-Zaman, Faisalabad.
The petition alleges that Shahbaz Gill repeatedly insulted Ramesh Kumar during a TV program.
The court issued summons to Shahbaz Gill, TV anchor, deputy commissioner Faisalabad and deputy director FIA on March 29.
Earlier, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) dissident leader Ramesh Kumar has submitted an application against Special Assistant to Prime Minister Shahbaz Gill with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and the police.
Ramesh Kumar has taken a stand in the petition that Shahbaz Gill leveled allegations in the live show against him. Kumar said that Gill gave his phone number to PTI supporters and now he is receiving death threats.
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The PTI dissident leader said in the petition that at the request of Shahbaz Gill thousands of calls from PTI workers were coming to him nd his family members were being harassed.
He said that a campaign was being launched against him at the behest of Shahbaz Gill.
The dissident PTI leader demanded that immediate action be taken against Shahbaz Gill and others and that police security be provided to him.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the biggest rally of history would be held on March 27 and several people will return due to public pressure.
Addressing the function after laying the foundation stone of Ring Road project here on Saturday, Prime Minister Imran Khan said that Rawalpindi Ring Road would facilitate the citizens. Cities are expanding and farmland is shrinking.
He said that the Rawalpindi Ring Road project would bring change in the entire city. Now I know that this time a record crop of potatoes has been harvested. Our population is growing. We have to save our agricultural land.
