'Shahbaz Gill used to sexually harass women at Chief Minister's House,' alleges Marwat

Recently expelled from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Sher Afzal Marwat has made a series of allegations again, this time against former Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (PM) and close ally of party founder Imran Khan, Shahbaz Gill.

Appearing on a podcast with journalist Mansoor Ali Khan on Sunday, Marwat accused Gill, who is currently abroad, of sexual harassment. "He [Shahbaz Gill] used to sexually harass women at the Chief Minister’s House," Marwat claimed, alluding to Gill's tenure as former Spokesperson to the Punjab Chief Minister during PTI’s reign.

On February 20, while speaking to a private media outlet, Marwat also accused Gill of stealing former PM Imran Khan’s mobile phones and handing them over to ex-spymaster General (r) Faiz Hamid.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's (KP) firebrand leader was referring to the theft incident first reported in May 2022 when, interestingly, Gill had told the media that Khan's mobile phones were stolen during the party's Sialkot rally, soon after Khan's ouster from the government.

"When an investigation was launched into Khan’s missing phones, an investigation team claimed that Gill, who was his chief of staff at the time, stole the phones and handed them over to Faiz," Marwat said.

He further claimed that after learning about the theft, Khan removed Gill from his post and never met him again.

When the host contested Marwat’s claim, stating that these were just "accusations," the former PTI leader responded that Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) chief Sahibzada Hamid Raza, as well as PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja, were witnesses to the matter, including Khan’s directives to remove Gill from the party’s political committee.

"Khan sent a message to him [Shahbaz Gill] two and a half months ago… either focus on vlogging or remain in the political committee," Marwat revealed, adding that Gill was accustomed to disclosing all the committee’s secret conversations through his vlogs.

On Sunday, questioning the legality of Gill’s earnings, Marwat alleged, "Before running away from Pakistan, Gill sold two farmhouses in Gulberg Green Islamabad worth nine crore each," prompting Mansoor to contest that it was possible this wealth had been earned through lawful means. Marwat replied that Gill did not have a YouTube channel at that time.

When the host mentioned that Gill had been a professor, Marwat accused him of possessing fake academic credentials, to which Mansoor asked, "How can a professor teach at the University of Chicago with counterfeit documents?"

"Then publish the credentials for our satisfaction," Marwat replied.

The maverick leader went on to further allege that Gill had defrauded five crore rupees from a sister of incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan, leaving the journalist in shock.

It merits mention that, on the advice of jailed Imran Khan, Marwat was expelled from PTI last month as he continued to persistently violate party discipline.