A local court in Islamabad extended the physical remand of Pakistan Tehrek e Isnaf leader Azam Khan Swati for another day in a case pertaining to controversial tweets.
According to media reports the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) cybercrime wing took Swati into custody from his home in Islamabad on October 13. He was then presented before senior civil judge Shabbir Bhatti’s court in the federal capital which approved a two-day remand.
The agency’s cybercrime wing registered a case against Swati later over the “controversial” tweets.
The PTI leader was presented before a district and sessions court after the completion of his one-day physical remand. The court had extended Swati’s physical remand for interrogation for a day over FIA officials’ request on Saturday.
At the outset of the hearing headed by Duty Magistrate Shoaib Akhtar, prosecution counsel read Swati’s controversial tweet.
Meanwhile, the prosecutor requested for another day’s extension in the arrested PTI leader’s physical remand. He said that Swati is a political figure who has hundreds of thousands of followers on social media account. Recovering Swati’s mobile phone is necessary, he asserted.
Azam Swati’s physical remand extended for another day
