ISLAMABAD -UNS – After the arrest by FIA the local court approved on Sunday two-day physical remand of PTI leader Azam Swati pertaining to his arrest over controversial statements against a state institution.
Earlier, Swati was produced before the judicial magistrate, after being arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).
The PTI leader was taken into custody from his farmhouse located in Chak Shahzad, a suburb situated in Islamabad, by three-member FIA team, hours after his party staged a power-show in the neighbouring city of Rawalpindi.
In his address, PTI Chairman Imran Khan announced to resign from all assemblies, in a latest push to his demand for fresh elections in the country.
The 74-year-old politician has been arrested for second time in more than a month as he secured post-arrest bail in controversial tweets case from a court in the capital city last month.
The FIA has registered a first information report (FIR) on the complaint of the state through Islamabad Cyber Crime Reporting Centre (CCRC) Technical Assistant Aneesur Rehman.
Swati arrested after approval from ‘authorities’: FIA
The FIA has written a letter to the Senate chairman Sadiq Sanjrani to arrest PTI Senator Azam Swati in connection with his ‘obnoxious’ statements against a state institution.
According to the Agency, the copy of latest FIR has also been attached with the letter. The FIA claimed that the senator was arrested subject to the approval of the authorities concerned.
Swati has been re-arrested by FIA after his controversial speech in the concluding round of the PTI long march on Saturday.
