BHC orders to quash all FIRs against Azam Swati, to set him free
By Muhammad JuniadPublished On 05 Jan 2023
QUETTA: Balochistan High Court (BHC) on Friday ordered to quash all FIRs registered against 74-year-old PTI Senator Azam Swati, and to set him free.
5 FIRs have been registered against Azam Swati across the province of Balochistan, and all of them were lodged on the basis of one single issue, i.e. his controversial speech and tweet.
On December 6, the Balochistan High Court had 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 here.
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.
Hours earlier in Karachi, the Sindh High Court too ordered provincial police chief and other relevant parties to submit detailed report about number of cases and their nature registered against Azam Swati across the province.
