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Muhammad Shahbaz Shabbir Gill (Urdu: محمد شہبازشبیرگل), commonly known as Shahbaz Gill (Urdu: شہباز گل), is a Pakistani academic, lecturer, politician, former provincial spokesperson to the Government of Punjab, Pakistan, and former Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) of Pakistan to Imran Khan. He was a member of the Imran Khan cabinet from 13 May to 3 April 2022.[3] Currently he is the Chief of Staff of former Prime Minister Imran Khan following Khan's removal from office in April 2022.[4]
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Shahbaz Gill | |
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| Chief of Staff To Imran Khan | |
| In office 12 April 2022 – 22 August 2022[1] | |
| President | Arif Alvi |
| Prime Minister | Imran Khan |
| Preceded by | Naeemul Haque |
| Succeeded by | Shibli Faraz |
| Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Political Communication | |
| In office 13 May 2020 – 3 April 2022 | |
| Spokesperson of the Government of Punjab | |
| In office 2018–2019 | |
| Governor | Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar |
| Chief Minister | Usman Buzdar |
| Succeeded by | Aun Chaudhry[2] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Political party | PTI (2018-present) |
| Alma mater | PhD University of Malaya |
Gill was born into a Punjabi Jat family in Faisalabad and received his early education there. He then pursued higher education abroad. He received a Ph.D. in Management and Leadership from the University of Malaya in 2008. He started his teaching career in 2004 and has been a part of the faculty of Quaid-i-Azam University and International Islamic University, Islamabad, before finally moving to COMSATS University, Lahore. At the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, he worked as an Assistant Professor of Business Administration.[5]
Gill has been an assistant professor of business administration at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign since 2019.[6][citation needed]
Gill was appointed as a spokesperson for the Chief Minister of Punjab, Pakistan, Usman Buzdar in 2018. In March 2019, Buzdar appointed him to inspect the government institutions and offices on his behalf.[7] He resigned from the post of spokesperson on 13 September 2019.[8]
On 9 August 2022, Gill was arrested on charges of sedition for allegedly trying to incite Pakistani army officers to mutiny. Gill was reportedly "dragged out of his vehicle" before being taken into custody. Gill was arrested for statements he made on ARY News on 8 August about alleged rifts within Pakistan's military over Imran Khan's ouster from office during the no-confidence motion in April 2022.[9]
Gill testified in court that he had been on a hunger strike for four days and was not allowed to change his clothes and take a bath. Shahbaz's request for judicial remand was denied and police granted his requested two-day physical remand. While in custody, he and his party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, claimed that he was sexually assaulted. However, in a written statement submitted before the court, Gill stated that he hadn't been sexually assaulted by the police while in detention, though he still said that he was subjected to torture by investigators. Lawyers for Gill submitted a medical report by doctors of Central Jail Rawalpindi in which they declared that Gill was tortured.[10]
On 15 September 2022, Gill was released from Central Jail Rawalpindi on bail.[11]
Some of the publications he authored or co-authored include:[12]
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