ISLAMABAD: PTI leader Shehzad Wasim called on the Director General Human Rights Cell of the Supreme Court and apprised him of details of the Azam Swati torture case.
Senator Shehzad Wasim, the leader of the opposition in the Senate, met the DG of the Human Rights Cell and apprised him of details about stripping and torturing PTI leader Senator Azam Swati. PTI lawyer Faisal Chaudhry was also present on this occasion.
سینیٹر اعظم سواتی پر تشدد کا معاملہ
سینیٹ میں قائد حزب اختلاف سینیٹر وسیم شہزاد سپریم کورٹ پہنچ گئے
وسیم شہزاد اعظم سواتی کو تشدد کے معاملہ پر ڈی جی ہیومن رائیٹس نے طلب کیا تھا
سینیٹر وسیم شہزاد اپنا موقف ڈی جی ہیومن رائیٹس سیل کو پیش کرینگے pic.twitter.com/6lgNarnlyp— Saeed Baloch (@saeedimrankhan) October 31, 2022
On this occasion, Senator Shahzad Waseem narrated details as to how Azam Swati was picked up and subjected to torture-in-custody.
Later, talking to media after his meeting with the DG Human Rights Cell, Shahzad Wasim and Faisal Chaudhry said that they were grateful to the Supreme Court for paying heed on the issue of arrest and torture of Azam Swati.
He said the evidences regarding custodial torture were presented before the DG Human Rights Cell, and there were now hopes that the Supreme Court would take action.
It may be recalled that on October 17, PTI senators including leader of the opposition in the Senate, Senator Shehzad Waseem, wrote a letter to the Chief Justice detailing the torture of Senator Azam Swati by stripping him naked, and demanded to take Suo Motu notice.
PTI Chairman Imran Khan too had demanded of the Chief Justice of Pakistan to take notice of this case.
