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ISLAMABAD: The Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan has condemned ‘violation of privacy of Senator Azam Swati’s wife,’ and urged upon the Chief Justice to take Suo Motu notice.

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His statement came after Senator Azam Swati narrated shocking details of what happened to him and his family in a press conference. Swati, while breaking into tears during the presser, alleged that someone from an unknown number sent a private video of him and his wife to his wife itself, after which his wife and granddaughters left the country.

Shocking details of what happened last night to Azam Swati and his family being stated by @AzamKhanSwatiPk himself 1/2 pic.twitter.com/gdLpAW30qe

— PTI (@PTIofficial) November 5, 2022

Taking to Twitter, Imran Khan said Pakistan was created on Islamic moral values of human dignity, honour of the family and inviolability of “chadar & chardawari.”

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However, what has happened to Azam Swati at the hands of the State has been a blatant violation of all these values – from being stripped naked to custodial torture and now this video where privacy of his wife has been violated, he said.

& now this video where privacy of his wife has been violated. It is both shocking, despicable & utterly condemnable. No human being should have to suffer this. I call on the CJP to take suo moto notice of this.

— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) November 5, 2022

ImranKhan said it was both shocking, despicable and utterly condemnable as no human being should have to suffer this. He urged upon the Chief Justice of Pakistan to to take suo moto notice of this violation of privacy.

He said “I want to apologise on behalf of Pakistan to Mrs Swati, a very private, non public, tahajut guzaar lady for the pain, anguish and sense of humiliation she is having to suffer.”