Swati skips Senate panel probing video leak

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Senator Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri on Friday said PTI Senator Muhammad Azam Khan Swati remained absent from two consecutive meetings of the parliamentary special committee formed to probe the objectionable video he claimed his wife had received.

Talking to media after chairing the meeting as convener, he said four members of the upper house of parliament made contact with the PTI stalwart but he did not attend the meeting.

The way Senator Swati had created hype in the media over his leaked video, he must come in the meeting so that the culprits should be brought to justice as soon as possible, he added.

He alarmed that if he would not attend the meeting, it would raise question over the credibility of alleged video tape.

He mentioned that the next meeting of committee would be held on Monday, November 14 to further deliberate on the matter.