Court accepts plea seeking extension in physical remand of Fawad Chaudhry

• Fawad Chaudhry to be produced in court by 12:30
• Judge Tahir Mehmood Khan issued the orders
• The case was field by Police for physical remand

ISLAMABAD: A district and sessions court on Saturday accepted the plea submitted by the Police for the extension in physical remand of PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry in a sedition case filed against him.

Session Judge Tahir Mahmood announced the reserved verdict over the police petition for further physical remand.

A petition filed by the police for the physical remand of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry was heard in a district and sessions court today and the court ordered authorities to produce the PTI leader by 12:30.

The directives were issued by Additional Sessions Judge Tahir Mehmood Khan.

Earlier, the police requested the court to “nullify” the judicial magistrate’s decision and extend Fawad’s physical remand.

Fawad Chaudhry was brought to the court amid strict security and in a statement before court, he maintained that he is not taking his words back.

“I stood by my statement and would not backtrack on it.”

Fawad’s counsel informed the court that his client is not allowed to meet his family to which the court allowed him to meet his family.

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