ISLAMABAD: An Islamabad district and sessions court on Saturday extended remand of PTI Senator Azam Swati in the custody of Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) by another day in a case pertaining to a tweet against state institutions, including the army chief.
Before being produced in the court, Azam Swati was taken to the PIMS Hospital for a medical examination.
During today’s proceedings in the court of Judge Muhammad Bashir, Prosecutor Raja Rizwan Abbasi alleged that the accused [Azam Swati] was continuously running a campaign from his verified Twitter account, and that the authorities needed to recover his phone and some devices used to post the controversial tweet.
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After hearing the arguments, Judge Muhammad Bashir reserved the judgement for about half an hour and later extended Azam Swati’s remand in FIA custody for one more day.
