Senator Azam Swati, who had been in detention since late November over his controversial tweets about senior military officers, was released from an Islamabad sub-jail on Tuesday.
\nSwati was arrested on November 27 after the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) booked him in Islamabad over a \u201chighly obnoxious campaign of intimidating tweets [\u2026] against state institutions\u201d.
\nIt was the second time that Swati was booked and arrested by the FIA over his tweets about army officials in less than two months.
\nLast month, the senator approached a special court in Islamabad for bail. However, Special Judge Central Azam Khan dismissed the plea ruling that he had \u201ccommitted the same offence twice\u201d.
\nSubsequently, Swati filed a post-arrest bail petition through his lawyer Babar Awan in the IHC, challenging the special court\u2019s orders.
\nOn Monday, the IHC approved Swati\u2019s post-arrest bail against the submission of surety bonds worth Rs200,000.
\nEarlier today, Swati\u2019s lawyers presented a copy of the IHC\u2019s ruling in the court of Special Judge Central Azam Khan as well as the receipt of the surety bonds.
\nThe judge subsequently issued Swati\u2019s release orders following which the PTI leader\u2019s lawyers went to the Crime Intelligence Agency (CIA) building, which had been declared sub-jail in November, to complete the legal formalities.
\nSpeaking to the media after being released, Swati alleged that the country\u2019s justice system was \u201con the ventilator\u201d. He also questioned the registration of multiple first information reports (FIRs) against him.
\n\u201cHow is it possible that FIRs were lodged against me in the entire country but the justice system was sleeping?\u201d
\nHe also blamed those responsible for the case against him of running the country\u2019s institutions into the ground. Swati further said that institutions were being destroyed because a select few were running the government.
\nHe urged the nation to side with PTI chief Imran Khan, saying that he was fighting for the country\u2019s survival. He alleged that Pakistan\u2019s \u201cinternal and external enemies\u201d wanted to destabilise the country but asserted that these forces would fail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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