ISLAMABAD: A district and sessions court in Islamabad on Monday sent Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry to jail on judicial remand.
The development came at the end of Fawad’s physical remand. The court rejected a petition filed by police seeking an extension in the physical remand.
Babar Awan, Fawad’s attorney, said outside the court that he anticipates a favorable decision about a petition for the PTI leader’s release on bail.
After a search on his Lahore house last week, Fawad was taken into custody. According to the police investigation, he was charged with making televised comments on Tuesday that “harassed and intimidated” members of the electoral commission and their families.
He was being held under sedition laws because, according to the allegations brought in Islamabad, he “tried to cause an obstruction in the state’s electoral process.”
Following Fawad’s arrest, he was brought to Lahore’s Cantt where the judicial magistrate granted police his transit remand to Islamabad.
On Friday, an Islamabad district and sessions court sent Fawad to Adiala jail on a 14-day judicial remand.
On Saturday, the court approved a petition from police and extended the former federal minister’s remand by two days. The court had reserved the verdict earlier during the day.
