A judicial magistrate in Islamabad’s district court on Saturday granted police another two days of physical remand for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry.
Judicial Magistrate Waqas Raja directed police to present Fawad before the court again on Monday.
The decision came after a district and session court in Islamabad on Saturday approved the police plea for granting physical remand of Fawad.
Session Judge Tahir Mahmood announced the reserved verdict over a police petition seeking further physical remand.
The police had urged the sessions judge against the decision of Judicial Magistrate Waqas Raja, on an FIR related to spreading hatred and inciting violence against the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
The petition urged the sessions judge to annul the decision of the judicial magistrate who had decided to send Fawad to jail on judicial remand.
After hearing all the arguments, the court directed to produce Fawad Chaudhry before the judicial magistrate again and review his decision.
Subsequently, Fawad was presented before Magistrate Raja who heard arguments and after two hours, announced his decision.
Fawad is accused of publicly “threatening” the ECP members and their families.
