Webdesk: The lawyer for one of the co-accused mentioned that the decision of the Supreme Court was not received after a plea was filed to adjourn the proceedings of the sedition until a decision on Arshad Sharif’s case was made in the apex court.
The judge ordered that Gill’s plea submitted in writing.
The court postponed Gill’s indictment again. The hearing adjourned till May 6.
Earlier, the Lahore High Court (LHC) permitted Gill to travel to the United States for four weeks.
A three-member bench headed by LHC Chief Justice (CJ) Muhammad Ameer Bhatti was hearing a petition seeking the removal of Gill’s name from the Exit Control List (ECL).
As proceedings commenced, CJ Bhatti questioned under what law had the PTI leader’s name placed on the list prohibiting him from leaving Pakistan.
The federal government’s counsel informed the court that Gill was accused in multiple cases in Islamabad. He explained that his name placed on the ECL upon commissioner Islamabad’s request.
