Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Dr Yasmin Rashid on Thursday petitioned the Supreme Court (SC) to take suo motu notice regarding the “political victimization” of PTI Senator Azam Swati through series of politically motivated cases.
The petition asked for immediate notice to be taken on the “illegal arrest” of the senator and the “violation of privacy of his home.”
Swati was arrested on Sunday for the second time in less than two months over controversial tweets.
He had earlier been arrested for different tweets on Oct 13 in which he had named then-army chief, Qamar Javed Bajwa.
The petition claimed that Swati was tortured in front of his wife and kids, as well as during the custody of the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA).
The PTI leader’s attorney, Babar Awan, informed Judicial Magistrate Muhammad Bashir that the senator should be exempt from appearing in court because he is facing life threats at the hearing, which Swati did not attend.
Moreover, Mazari had sent open letters to international human rights organizations in October, following Swati’s detention, pleading for his release.
“Pakistan has been engulfed in a political crisis in the aftermath of a ‘regime change scheme’ to remove the government of PM Khan and replace it with a combined opposition government with a bloated cabinet comprising primarily of members out on bail,” she had written at the time.
