ISLAMABAD: Islamabad court on Friday rejected demand of more physical remand of PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry, and ordered to send him to jail on judicial remand for 14 days, in a case filed by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) against him. The court also ordered to remove his handcuffs. Magistrate Waqas Ahmed Raja announced the reserved verdict.
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The Court on the night of January 25 had granted police two-day physical remand of Fawad, hours after he was arrested for what had been described as “inciting violence against a constitutional institution”.
اسلام آباد کچہری کے مناظر #فواد_چوہدری_کو_رہا_کرو pic.twitter.com/kG2glqXbMY
— PTI (@PTIofficial) January 27, 2023
A large number of PTI workers and leaders had gathered around district and session court when Fawad Chaudhry was brought before the judge. The workers chanted anti-government slogans, which continued during the course of the proceedings due to which the staff had to shut down the court room’s windows.
"قوم کی مجبوری ہے، عمران خان ضروری ہے۔
ملک بچاؤ۔ عمران خان کو لاؤ""شرم کرو، حیا کرو، فواد کو رہا کرو"
فواد چوہدری کی دوران سماعت کمرہ عدالت کے باہر مشتعل عوام کے نعرے۔ ???????????? pic.twitter.com/BHCctyDITc
— Maleeha Hashmey (@MaleehaHashmey) January 27, 2023
During the hearing today, the prosecutor told Judicial Magistrate Waqas Ahmad Raja that Fawad is spreading hatred against the constitutional institution and is also trying to create unrest.
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The prosecutor contended before the court that the former federal minister was inciting hatred against a constitutional institution. “Fawad is trying to create unrest,” he said. “The statement threatens the lives of the election commission’s workers.”
“[His] statement is a threat to the lives of ECP’s members,” the prosecutor said informing the court that Fawad’s voice has been matched and his photogrammetry test has to be carried out in Lahore.
The prosecutor informed the court that the PTI leader’s voice matching had been completed. He requested an extension in remand as Fawad had to be taken to Lahore for a photogrammetric test.
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The prosecutor requested the court to extend the physical remand for further investigations, claiming that practically they could get only one day of remand, and that the police needed to search his residence for laptop and other equipment believing that an entire group was involved behind anti-ECP rhetoric.
It may be recalled that Fawad Chaudhry was arrested from his Lahore residence in the wee hours of Wednesday after he criticized members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), and called them ‘Munshi’ ( a junior subordinate of an accountant-cum-manager).
