ATC sends Swati to jail on judicial remand

ISLAMABAD:

Former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Senator Azam Swati was sent to jail on judicial remand on Friday.

An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Islamabad, along with other local courts, heard multiple cases related to protests involving former senator and PTI leader Azam Swati.

Swati was sent to jail on judicial remand, with the ATC calling for arguments on his bail plea in seven separate cases.

He was presented before Judge Tahir Abbas Sipra in the ATC, with his legal representative, Advocate Ali Bukhari, present in court.

Police transported Swati to the ATC from the Islamabad High Court, which had earlier annulled the physical remand initially granted by the ATC.

Judge Sipra committed Azam Swati to judicial remand by acting on the Islamabad High Court's orders.

Swati's legal team highlighted that since his initial detention on October 5, police have filed approximately 12 cases against him, including a recent FIR from the Margalla police station, which also led Judge Sipra to place him on judicial remand.