Aurangzeb says \u201cfake\u201d videos of Gill are being spread on media to change PTI\u2019s narrative
\n ISLAMABAD
\nInformation Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb on Saturday castigated PTI chief Imran Khan and party members for spreading \u201cfake propaganda\u201d on media regarding Shahbaz Gill.
\nAddressing a press conference in the federal capital, the information minister released videos of Gill, who is currently under treatment at PIMS Hospital, showing that the PTI leader is \u201cperfectly fine\u201d and no signs of torture can be seen on Imran Khan\u2019s chief of staff.
\nMarriyum said that for the last three days \u201cfalse propaganda\u201d is being spread on social media as \u201cfake\u201d videos of Gill are being spread on all media platforms regarding him being tortured during his imprisonment.
\nReiterating the coalition government\u2019s claims, she said Gill gave a beeper to the private news channel on the directions of the party chief and the \u201cscript was also given to him by Khan\u201d.
\n\u201cNo violence has taken place and the videos being shared on social media are fake,\u201d she said, adding that those videos circulating on social media are actually of the man who was accused of rape in Chakwal.
\nThe information minister mocked Gill for staging propaganda as soon as he sees the camera.
\n\u201cThis video is fake and he wasn\u2019t tortured,\u201d she said, accusing PTI of making attempts to change the narrative.
\nInterior minister to present evidence \u2018soon\u2019
\n\u201cA case has been registered against Gill according to the law and investigation is underway,\u201d Aurangzeb said, terming the news regarding him being sexually assaulted as \u201cfake\u201d.
\n\u201cA storm of misbehaviour was seen on social media,\u201d Aurangzeb said, warning that spreading fake videos fall under the category of cybercrime.
\nThe information minister said that an inquiry is being held regarding this matter and Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah \u201cwill soon present evidence in front of everybody.\u201d
\nHowever, she hinted that all \u201cdots of the story connect to Khan\u201d; reiterating that the PTI chief wanted to divert attention from the reality \u2014 \u201cwhich is against him.\u201d
\nThe minister shared the video of Gill \u2014 recorded a few hours before the press conference today \u2014 from his hospital room. In the video, Khan\u2019s chief of staff can be seen properly dressed and reading something without the oxygen mask on.
\nGill was arrested on August 9 in connection with an FIR registered against him for allegedly inciting mutiny among the armed forces.
\nFollowing his arrrest, the PTI leadership has levlled allegations of torture, with Khan claiming that Gill was subjected to sexual abuse as well.
\n\u2018Good news\u2019
\nReacting to the video, senior PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry said that if the video released by Aurangzeb is real than it is \u201cgood news\u201d.
\nHe, however, questioned that if Gill is healthy then why are the authorities not allowing Imran Khan, media, and lawyers to meet him.
\n\u201cThe police should allow them to meet Gill,\u201d he maintained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Aurangzeb says \u201cfake\u201d videos of Gill are being spread on media to change PTI\u2019s narrative ISLAMABAD Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb on Saturday castigated PTI chief Imran Khan and party members for spreading \u201cfake propaganda\u201d on media regarding Shahbaz Gill. Addressing a press conference in the federal capital, the information minister released videos of Gill, who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278536,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6069,445,10244],"class_list":{"0":"post-278518","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news","8":"tag-marriyum-aurangzeb","9":"tag-shahbaz-gill","10":"tag-video-proof"},"yoast_head":"\n