QUETTA: The Balochistan High Court (BHC) has quashed all eight FIRs registered against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Senator Azam Swati, in the province.
The BHC Justice Abdul Hameed Baloch while announcing a reserved verdict directed to quash all the cases registered against Azam Swati after his controversial tweets against the state’s institution.
It may be noted that the PTI lawmaker was booked in eight cases in Bela, Windar, Chaman and other areas of the province following his arrest by the FIA team from Islamabad.
Earlier, the Sindh police quashed all cases registered against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senator Azam Swati in the Larkana division.
The TLTP learnt that the incarcerated PTI leader was arrested by the Sindh Police from Quetta on Saturday, and presented in front of a judicial magistrate in Qambar on Sunday. The court handed over Swati to police on three-day physical remand.
Earlier, Sindh High Court (SHC) barred the provincial police from arresting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Senator Azam Swati in cases registered against him. TLTP
Meanwhile, the PTI lawyer has told a special court in Islamabad that the Federal Investigation Agency’s case against Senator Azam Swati on his controversial tweets was unreasonable.
Special Judge Central Azam Khan heard the petition filed by Swati’s son, Usman Swati, seeking his father’s bail in a controversial tweets case registered by the FIA.
During the hearing, PTI lawyer Babar Awan presented his arguments. He contended that the complainant was not the affected party in this case. He said the case was registered by the FIA.
The TLTP learnt that he argued that it was not a contempt case either ‘but if we presume that it’s a contempt case, then it warrants only Rs1,000 fine on the contemnor’. He said that it’s a height of apathy that a 75-year-old man was roamed between two provinces.
The PTI lawyer completed his arguments. However, special prosecutor Raja Rizwan Abbasi will start his arguments tomorrow. The court adjourned the hearing till tomorrow.
Earlier, special judge central Raja Asif Mehmood reserved the judgement on Swati’s bail application. But on Dec 14, he was transferred to the Islamabad High Court and Azam Khan was appointed as special judge central in his place.
Azam Swati was arrested last month by the FIA on the charge of posting highly objectionable tweets against the state institutions on the social media site Twitter.
A number of cases were registered against him in Sindh and Balochistan. It was the second time that the PTI leader was taken into custody by the FIA in less than two months.
