Islamabad: A local court in Islamabad on Sunday sent Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senator Azam Swati to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on two-day physical remand in a case related to his ‘controversial’ tweets targeting institutions. done.
Duty Judicial Magistrate Judge Waqas Ahmed Raja heard the case of Swati, who was arrested earlier today, and reserved the verdict on the FIA’s request for physical remand.
Advocate Babar Awan and Faisal Chaudhry appeared in the court on behalf of the former ruling party.
During the hearing, the investigating officer pleaded with the court that there were some controversial tweets that led to the senator’s arrest, adding that a narrative was being created against state institutions.
He told the court that a First Information Report (FIR) has been registered against the PTI leader in this matter.
“He did not deny the tweet. He has committed this crime for the second time,” said the investigating officer.
Awan said that the tweets made do not meet the provisions of the FIR, the statement of the police has no legal status.
Swati’s [Section 164] statement was not considered. Last time he was brutally tortured. He is still not over the torture,” he added.
The PTI counsel further told the court that the effects of physical and mental torture on Swati still remain, adding that this is not the rule of law, “it is a mockery and murder of law”.
The lawyer added that the senator’s life is in danger. He then asked the court to assure the FIA that if anything happens to Swati in their custody, they will be held responsible.
“The names of the FIAs present here should be put in the order sheet,” Awan added.
Arrest of Swati.
A team of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Cyber Crime Wing Islamabad detained Senator Swati after raiding his farmhouse for the second time early Sunday morning for allegedly tweeting against senior military officials. .
An FIR was registered against Swati by the cyber crime wing on November 26, a copy of which is available with JEE News, for alleged ‘controversial’ actions against government officials, including the COAS, recently. On tweets.
The report said that the PTI leader launched a “most vile campaign of threatening tweets” against state institutions, including the army chief, “with nefarious motives and nefarious motives”.
Speaking to the FIA team during the arrest, Azam Swati said that ‘FIA officer Ayaz is my culprit, I don’t want to see him here’ as the PTI leader accused the officer of torture after his arrest yesterday. was October
The senator also said that he returned home as soon as he addressed a party rally in Rawalpindi the day before, adding that “he was not going to run away and was not going to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [K-P]”.
He further said that his party has come out in favor of the rule of law and against coercion.
In an early morning tweet, party chief Imran Khan also vowed to continue the campaign until we establish the rule of law and true freedom.
I want to thank all the people who came in such huge numbers from across Pakistan to our Rawalpindi Azadi March yeaterday. Our Tehreek will continue until we establish rule of law and real freedom. pic.twitter.com/kTDBTVCwN2
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) November 27, 2022
