Imran urges suo motu action on objectionable video sent to Azam Swati's wife

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan urged Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial on Saturday to take notice of PTI Senator Azam Swati's wife being sent a private video of her and her husband from an unknown number. 

The former premier also apologised to the senator's wife "on behalf of Pakistan" for the pain and humiliation she faced by being sent that video.

The former prime minister stated that "Pakistan was created on Islamic moral values of human dignity, honour of the family and inviolability of chadar [veil] and chardawari [home]".

He stated that "what has happened to Azam Swati at the hands of the state has been a blatant violation of all these values - from being stripped naked to custodial torture."

Imran spoke about the recent video "where privacy of his [Swati's] wife has been violated."

"It is both shocking, despicable and utterly condemnable. No human being should have to suffer this. I call on the CJP to take suo moto notice of this," he stated.

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Further, he apologised on behalf of Pakistan to Swati's wife, "a very private, non-public, tahajut guzaar lady [pious lady] for the pain, anguish and sense of humiliation she is having to suffer".

The video

Earlier today, Swati claimed that his wife was sent a private video clip of him and her from an unknown number.

While talking to the media, the senator said he tried talking to his wife but she maintained silence and refused to talk to him.

After failing to get an answer from her, the senator said he asked his daughter, who is visiting Pakistan, to ask her mother about the matter.

Swati said his daughter told him that his wife said someone had sent her a video from an unknown number and told him that “you are in that video” as he broke down in tears describing the ordeal.

The senator furthered that he cannot give further details because the "country’s daughters are listening".

“I have spent my entire life with her. She doesn’t know that a few days ago, on the morning of October 13, when I was picked up by these cruel people, they made a video of me. These days it isn’t difficult to… make a fake video.”

He added that his daughter kept weeping on the other side of the phone and said, “Daddy, this video isn’t of anyone else. It is yours and my mother’s."

The senator then broke down in tears.