In a district and sessions court, Judicial Magistrate Muhammad Shabir heard the argument against Swati’s “controversial” tweets.
The senator’s request to be excused from appearing in court was granted by Swati’s attorney Babar Awan. The senator, according to Awan, cannot be introduced because of “threats” to his life.
In response, Special Prosecutor Rizwan Abbasi said that the ruling should note Swati’s absence from court at the request of his attorney.
Although the court gave the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) lawyer instructions to mark Swati’s attendance via video link, the prosecutor claimed that they intended to bring Swati to court.
The court insisted that Swati should appear via video link rather than attending the following session even though it wasn’t necessary.
On Saturday, the case will now resume.
Extension of Senator Swati’s physical detention by four days
Amir Farooq, Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court (IHC), heard Swati’s plea against the numerous cases that had been brought against him and the allegations of torture earlier today. Swati had submitted it the previous day.
50 cases had been filed against Swati, according to the lawyer, and he was presently being held in custody physically.
He insisted that Swati should not be given to anyone until he received all the information on all the cases brought against the senator through the interior secretary.
How did the interior secretary manage the provincial inspector generals (IG), the court wondered? Awan did, however, confirm that the interior secretary was in charge of the IGs.
The deputy attorney general was mandated by the court to follow the home secretary’s orders.
Additionally, it commanded him to look into the allegation that the interior secretary was in charge of the IGs.
The court postponed the next hearing in this case until this coming Friday.
Swati had contacted the IHC the day before to ask about the specifics of the accusations made against him in Balochistan and Sindh.
Swati claimed in a plea that he learned of other cases after being turned over to the FIA on physical remand.
He was released on bail in a related matter, according to the plea. In addition, he said, he experienced the harshest torture while he was being held captive.
According to sources, Swati may be killed and subjected to any form of barbaric abuse while being held.
He added that cases had also been filed in other Sindh police stations. When submitted in court, it was discovered that a complaint had been filed in Quetta.
In the petition, he asked for information on the cases that had been filed against him.
PTI The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Cyber Crime Wing in Islamabad conducted a raid at Senator Azam Swati’s farmhouse in Chak Shahzad two days ago, leading to the senator’s second arrest for reportedly tweeting disparaging remarks about top military officers.
He was eventually brought in front of a judge, who gave him a two-day physical remand and turned him over to the FIA.
Additionally, with immediate effect, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) banned the transmission and rebroadcast of any of Swati’s speeches, press conferences, interviews as a guest on discussion shows, comments, or tickers on any satellite TV networks.
The FIA Cyber Crime Wing filed an FIR against Swati on November 26 in response to recent “controversial” tweets that were allegedly directed at government officials, including the chief of the army staff. A copy of the FIR was made available to The Express Tribune.
According to the report, the PTI leader began an “extremely offensive campaign of intimidating tweets” against government entities, including the army chief, “with malafide intentions and ulterior motives.”
