Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Azam Swati on Saturday filed a post-arrest bail plea in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) in the controversial tweets case filed against him.
\nTrial court judge Azam Khan dismissed the PTI leader’s bail plea on December 21, saying Swati committed the same offence twice.
\nPTI leader and lawyer Babar Awan filed the bail plea in IHC on behalf of Azam Swati.
\nIn the application, Swati stated that he did not post derogatory remarks against any institutions. He added that the prosecution has no proof against him despite the investigation.
\nThe application read that the senator is 75 years old and a heart patient; jailing him would be a sentence without conviction as all evidence against him is documentary.
\nOn December 21, Islamabad Special Judge Central Azam Khan rejected Azam Swati’s bail plea saying he committed the same crime twice.
\nDuring the hearing, prosecutor Rizwan Abbasi explained to the court the process of verifying a Twitter account. He added that Swati has a \u201cblue tick\u201d on his Twitter account and is followed by famous personalities.
\n\u201cFamous journalists and political personalities follow Azam Swati,” said the lawyer. He added that the senator has never distanced himself from the account.
\n\u201cThere is no question that the Twitter account is not of Azam Swati,\u201d said Abbasi.
\nWhile concluding his arguments, the prosecutor and government lawyer urged the court not to grant bail to the senator in the case.
\nOn the other hand, the PTI senator\u2019s lawyer, Sohail Khan, contended that FIA could not register a cybercrime case over screenshots.
\nSwati is booked in multiple cases across the country for his controversial tweets against senior military officers.
\nInitially, the senator was arrested by the Federal Investigation Authority (FIA) on October 14 after he posted a highly-hateful and threatening message against the army chief, judiciary, and other state institutions on his official Twitter account.
\nThe senator had secured bail in that case. But on November 27, FIA again arrested Swati for using abusive language against the top military brass, including the former army chief.
\nThe senator was booked in multiple cases related to those tweets across the country.
\nOn December 2, Balochistan police arrested Swati for a similar case registered against him in Quetta.
\nAt the time of his arrest, he was already on judicial remand in Adiala Jail and was shifted to Quetta under a transit remand acquired by the Balochistan police.
\nLater, Balochistan High Court (BHC) ordered the quashing of all cases registered against the senator in the province.
\nOnce BHC issued the order, the Sindh Police took the senator into custody over the issue of controversial tweets.
\nThe senator then approached the Sindh High Court. The court also directed the quashing of all cases against the senator.
\nFollowing the orders, Islamabad Police took the senator into its custody and brought him to the federal capital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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