IHC grants bail to Azam Swati in controversial tweets case

• IHC reserves decision on bail plea of Azam Swati
• Chief Justice Aamer Farooq conducted the hearing
• Verdict will be announced today at 1 pm

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday granted bail to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senator Azam Swati in the controversial tweet case.

A hearing was held in the Islamabad High Court on the post-arrest bail application of the Tehreek-e-Insaf leader in the controversial tweet case.

The senator’s bail has been approved against surety bonds of Rs200,000.

Chief Justice Aamer Farooq conducted the hearing, Azam Swati’s lawyer Babar Awan appeared in the court while the Special Prosecutor did not appear.

At the outset of the hearing, the son of Azam Swati said that he wanted to read the letter of his father before the court. IHC CJ said that the letter is with the court and the larger bench would be constituted to resolve the matter.

Azam Swati’s lawyer requested the court to look into the matter of a larger bench today to which the court maintained that a larger cannot be formed today.

Meanwhile, the deputy attorney general requested more time for the arguments in the case. The court inquired about the challan in the case and the FIA informed the court that the challan was submitted on December 4 and the hearing will be on January 3.

The court also inquired FIA about the chances of tampering to which the investigation agency said that the PTI leader didn’t deny the tweet.

The court then reserved the decision to be announced later today.

Pertinently, Azam Swati has been booked in multiple cases across the country for tweeting against the army.

Swati has been behind bars since November 27, when he was arrested for the second time .

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