I don’t think what Shahbaz Gill said is or should be a crime - Reema Omer

Some excerpts from SC judgment in the Asghar Khan case, which clearly state officers are required to obey only lawful orders

Also some excerpts from the petitioner’s prayer/submissions

Are the judges and the petitioner also guilty of sedition and inciting mutiny? pic.twitter.com/9rqdpCoke1

— Reema Omer (@reema_omer) August 11, 2022

Please do listen to Gill’s complete beeper. It clarifies the unlawful orders he refers to in the short clip shared on Twitter (it relates to an alleged media cell and its unlawful activities) and also makes it ambiguous whether he is talking to officers in military or bureaucracy

— Reema Omer (@reema_omer) August 11, 2022

I’m not creating ambiguity. It’s not clear who he is referring to - civil servants, army officers or both. Just before the clip shared on social media he seems to be talking about bureaucracy but right after, he seems to be talking about the army

— Reema Omer (@reema_omer) August 11, 2022

I don’t think quoting from a judgment is necessary. What he was saying was rhetorical but if you hear the entire beeper, the crux was similar to the principles enunciated in the judgment

That you had to face a strong reaction for merely reading a judgment is of course atrocious

— Reema Omer (@reema_omer) August 11, 2022

It’s also used by human rights activists and lawyers to argue officers aren’t bound to follow unlawful orders of their superiors in cases of disappearances etc

I have heard Gill’s complete beeper a few times now and I really don’t think what he said is or should be a crime

— Reema Omer (@reema_omer) August 11, 2022