Qambar Shahdadkot court approves three-day physical remand of Azam Khan Swati

QAMBAR SHAHDADKOT, Dec 11, (SABAH): A court in Qambar Shahdadkot district of Sindh on Sunday approved three-day physical remand of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Senator Muhammad Azam Khan Swati in a controversial case registered against him in the district.

The incarcerated PTI leader was arrested by the Sindh Police from Quetta on Saturday. The Qambar police produced Swati before the court of Judicial Magistrate and Civil Judge Qambar for seeking the physical remand of the PTI leader.

The court approved the senator’s three-day physical remand after a request was put in by the police. PTI Senator Saifullah Abro and lawyers of the Azam Swati were present on the occasion.

The Sindh police earlier took the custody of Swati from the Balochistan police after the Balochistan High Court (BHC) Justice Muhammad Hashim Khan Kakar ordered to quash all cases registered against him in the province.

During his production before the court, the PTI workers gathered outside the court raised slogans and demanded his [Swati] acquittal from what they called ‘fake cases’.

Azam Swati — who was taken into custody last month for controversial tweets against senior military officers — has been shifted from Balochistan to Sindh, confirmed Qambar police on Saturday.

The Sindh police, after gaining custody of Swati from the Balochistan Police, shifted him to Sukkur via a special plane, officials said.

The detained PTI leader was handed over to Sindh police on two-day transit remand by the judicial magistrate a day earlier.