QUETTA: Balochistan High Court (BHC) on Tuesday ordered the provincial police not to register anymore cases against PTI Senator Azam Swati who was brought here from a hospital in Islamabad in a one of several cases registered against his speech and controversial tweet. His party alleges nearly 50 such cases have been registered in Balochistan alone in blatant violation of Supreme Court orders issued in Sughran Bibi case.
The BHC was approached by son of 74 years old Senator Azam Swati, who filed a petition seeking to quash cases against his father.
Mr Swati’s son prayed the court to set his father at liberty. At the same time, the Insaf Lawyers Forum has challenged the senator’s physical remand in the high court.
A Quetta’s district court remanded the senator in police custody for five days on Sunday, a week after the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested him in Islamabad in a case pertaining to controversial tweets against the military.
The senator was shifted to Quetta aboard a special flight amid tight security on Friday after the judicial magistrate of Islamabad handed him over to the Balochistan police.
