Senator Faisal Raza Abidi. PHOTO: APP
Abidi had passed statements against Chief Justice Saqib Nisar during a web TV show, and reportedly defamed and insulted the judiciary.
He was shifted to the Secretariat police station following his arrest.
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Last month, police registered a criminal case against Abidi for making “insulting and threatening” remarks against CJP Nisar.
A police officer had told The Express Tribune that Abidi made the remarks during an interview with a web-based platform Naya Pakistan, which was posted online on July 2.
In the interview, the former senator called the CJP a “traitor” because he took oath under the PCO [Provisional Constitution Order].
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“During the contempt of court case against me, I told this judge that he was a traitor because he took oath under PCO,” Abidi said in the interview, adding that he had also filed a reference against the chief justice in the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC).
The FIR was registered at the Secretariat police station in Islamabad after SC's public relations officer Shahid Hussain submitted a complaint.
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