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.
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MM News has learnt that a total of 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.
During the course of proceedings today, Justice Muhammad Hashim Khan Kakar scolded the police for registering multiple cases against Swati, asking “does the Balochistan IG (inspector general of police) know about the registration of these five cases?”
Police informed the judge that the IG did not know about the FIRs, on which Justice Kakar observed that further extension in Swati’s remand was not required and asked, “on what basis was his first remand approved?”
When police reiterated the judge’s observation that Swati remand was not needed any longer, Justice Kakar remarked: “Why do police take steps because of which they and the court have to hide their faces?”
He then directed police to quash all FIRs registered against the senator in the province and release him if he was not booked in any other cases.
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.
Also read: BHC orders not to register anymore cases against Swati
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.
Also read: Balochistan Police takes custody of Senator Azam Swati, shifts him to Quetta
Hours earlier today 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.
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