(15 Oct 2022)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Islamabad – October 15, 2022
1. Senator Azam Swati being escorted by police and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officers in plain clothes, arriving at court
2. Media and supporters outside courthouse
3. Swati making 'victory' hand gesture after court hearing, police and FIA personnel escorting him
4. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf supporters protesting against government and shouting UPSOUND (Urdu) "Long live Azam Swati"
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Umair Naz, Azam Swati's lawyer:
"Today accused Azam Swati has been produced before the honorable magistrate regarding his further remand. Basically, persecution demanded an extension in remand, their plea was that they still have the recover the Twitter account as well as the recover the specific mobile from which this Tweet was made. On the other hand, from the accused side, it was clearly stated that as Tweet has already have been admitted, so there is no need of further extension of remand, and on that judge has concluded the proceedings."
6. Various PTI supporters chanting slogans against government in front of Swati's car
STORYLINE:
A district court in Islamabad on Saturday extended the physical remand of Pakistani senator Azam Khan Swati for one day in a case related to a controversial Tweet.
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) sought an eight-day extension in the remand of Swati, which the court refused.
Swati said Thursday he was arrested, stripped, and tortured for Tweeting about the country's army chief.
Azam Khan Swati, a senior member of former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, was taken into custody in the early hours of Thursday morning.
A court gave the Federal Investigation Agency two days on Thursday to question Azami over what it called in charging documents, his "obnoxious and intimidating" message against Gen. Qamer Javed Bajwa, state institutions and other government officials.
The FIA accuses him of a "mischievous act of subversion" to create a rift in the armed forces and to "harm the state of Pakistan," according to a copy of charges obtained by The Associated Press.
Swati is the third senior leader of Khan's Tehreek-e-Insaf party to be arrested by the FIA.
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