Court accepts police plea seeking extension in Fawad Chaudhry’s physical remand
- By Shah Khalid -
- Jan 28, 2023
ISLAMABAD: A district and sessions court on Saturday accepted the police’s request for an extension in the physical remand of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Fawad Chaudhry in sedition case, ARY News reported.
The court announced the verdict reserved on the petition filed by the police seeking an extension in the physical remand, while Fawad Chaudhry had filed a plea seeking his discharge from the case.
The PTI leader, who is facing sedition charges for ‘threatening’ the members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), was brought to court today on directives issued by Additional Sessions Judge Tahir Mehmood Khan
The district and sessions court judge had asked police to produce PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry before the court by 12:30pm as it took up a plea filed by Islamabad police challenging Judicial Magistrate Waqas Ahmed Raja’s decision on extension in physical remand.
Separately, another case seeking post-arrest bail of Fawad is also underway at a local court in Islamabad.
Today’s hearing
In his statement before the court, Chaudhry said he was not retracting his remarks. “I stood by my statement and would not backtrack on it.”
During the course of the proceeding, Fawad’s lawyer Babar Awan informed the court his client was being deprived of his fundamental right to meet his family and legal team.
He pleaded with the court to allow his client to meet his family.
At this, Additional Sessions Judge Tahir Mehmood Khan accepted Fawad’s plea and allowed him to meet his family.
The Islamabad sessions court Friday rejected police request for physical remand of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry in a case related to using ‘threatening language’ against the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) members.
At the outset of the hearing, the prosecutor pleaded for an extension in physical remand as interrogation in the case is yet to be completed. Fawad’s lawyers Babar Awan and Faisal Chaudhry are also present in the court.
The case
The former federal minister was arrested for ‘threatening’ Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) members.
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A case against PTi leader was registered at the Kohsar police station in Islamabad on the complaint of Secretary of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Omer Hamid Khan.
A case against PTi leader was registered at the Kohsar police station in Islamabad on the complaint of Secretary of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Omer Hamid Khan