ISLAMABAD: A local in the federal capital on Thursday sent PTI Senator Azam Swati to jail on 14-day judicial remand hours after he was shifted to Islamabad after cases registered against him in Sindh were disposed off as ineffective on the Sindh High Court orders.
Judicial magistrate Shabbir Bhatti heard the case filed against the senior politician over controversial tweets against the army top brass. The court also warned an investigation officer in the case to submit challan of the case on next hearing or his salary would be suspended.
Swati attended the hearing through video-link when he was allowed by the court to meet his legal team. SHC orders no more FIRs’ against Swati
Earlier in the day, the Sindh High Court (SHC) ordered the provincial authorities that no cases should be registered against the PTI leader in the controversial tweets case.
The SHC conducted hearing on plea of the PTI senator’s son against registration of cases against his father. Sindh IGP Ghulam Nabi Memon and Prosecutor General Faiz Shah appeared before the court. At the outset of the hearing, the prosecutor general informed the SHC that cases against the PTI senator had been categorised as “C class” and he had been shifted to Islamabad. “All applications are now ineffective,” he said, adding that the cases were registered by private citizens.
Justice Karim Khan Agha appreciated the Sindh government and the IGP for resolving the issue and the court then directed that no further FIR should be lodged against Azam Swati in the case. The court also directed that the C class report should be submitted to the courts concerned in three days and then disposed of Usman Swati’s petitions.
During the case proceedings, Sindh Police Inspector General (IG) Ghulam Nabi Memon told the court that all FIRs against Swati had been quashed. He also apologized to the court for his behavior in the last proceeding where he had a heated argument with one of the judges.
Azam Swati was booked in multiple cases across the country for his controversial tweets against military top brass.
He was first arrested in Islamabad for his tweets in October and later the senator was released after he secured bail in the case.
