Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senator Azam Swati claimed his spouse acquired an objectionable video that includes him and her from an unknown quantity. But the nation’s authorities mentioned the video was pretend.
PTI chief Azam Swati was taken into custody by the Federal Investigation Authority’s cybercrime unit on October 13 for allegedly making ‘controversial claims’ towards state establishments on Twitter. (Photo: Twitter)
By Raajnandini Mukherjee: All will not be nicely for former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan and his get together. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief, who survived an assassination try on Thursday, has seen various assaults on him and his partymen, each bodily and political, ever since they misplaced energy within the nation earlier this 12 months.
On Saturday, a pacesetter from Imran Khan’s get together made a startling declare, accusing the “powerful circles” within the nation of sending an alleged non-public video to his spouse that includes the couple.
The accusation was made by PTI senator Azam Swati, 66. Swati claimed that his spouse acquired an objectionable video that includes him and her from an unknown quantity. However, the Federal Investigation Authority (FIA), Pakistan’s premier company to probe federal costs, claimed that it “forensically analysed” the obscene video that’s circulating on the web and located the video to be pretend.
Interestingly, Swati had not too long ago claimed that he needed to undergo custodial torture after his arrest in a case, wherein he had named an FIA official.
Here’s all we all know to this point.
WHAT DID AZAM SWATI SAY?
During the press convention on Saturday, Swati defined how he acquired to know in regards to the objectionable clip. Swati mentioned he acquired a name from his spouse, who’s in Islamabad, round 9 pm on Friday. She stored on shouting and crying however did not inform him something in regards to the video clip.
On failing to get a solution from his spouse, Swati needed to ask his daughter to talk to her and inquire what the matter was. “My daughter said that her mother received a video clip from an unknown number… and you are in that video,” mentioned the PTI chief. The senator added that he can’t give additional particulars as a result of the “country’s daughters are listening.”
The senator went on to say that his daughter, who was additionally crying, revealed to him that the video featured his spouse as nicely. Stating that he tried reasoning along with his spouse, Swati mentioned, “I have spent my entire life with her. She doesn’t know that a few days ago, on the morning of October 13, when I was picked up by these cruel people, they made a video of me. These days it isn’t difficult to…make a fake video.
Swati, who was overcome with emotions, said his wife had to leave the country and move to a “secure place”. He added his granddaughters were also “compelled to go away the nation with traumas and scars”.
“I’m asking my God is that this Pakistan the place the sanctity of a husband and spouse [is not safe]?” he said.
WHY WAS SWATI ARRESTED?
Swati was taken into custody by FIA’s cybercrime unit on October 13 for allegedly making controversial remarks about the Pakistan Army. Almost 10 days later, a district and sessions court in Islamabad granted Swati post-arrest bail against a surety bond worth Rs 1 million.
On November 1, the PTI senator detailed the “torture” he was allegedly subjected to when he was in the custody of FIA. Swati had appeared before the Supreme Court’s (SC) human rights cell and stated his honor had been ripped apart and he was living like a “respiratory corpse”.
“My honour was shattered in a blow. I ask, is a tweet my solely crime?,” Swati said before the Supreme Court requesting the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial to investigate the incident.
Meanwhile, the FIA rejected the allegations on October 18 that said that the PTI senator was subjected to torture and humiliation in custody, saying the “dignity of the lawmaker was ensured throughout the complete authorized course of.”
IMRAN KHAN URGES CHIEF JUSTICE TO TAKE SUO MOTO NOTICE
Imran Khan, a former cricketer with a huge fan following, ruled Pakistan from August 2018 until he was ousted by the Pakistan military in April this year. Since his ouster, Khan, who claims to have the biggest political party in Pakistan, has been waging a battle against the army.
Khan condemned the leakage of Swati and his wife’s video. Taking to his Twitter account, he said, “Pakistan was created on Islamic ethical values of human dignity, honour of the household and inviolability of chadar and chardawari.”
“What has occurred to Azam Swati by the hands of the state has been a blatant violation of all these values – from being stripped bare to custodial torture and now this video the place the privateness of his spouse has been violated,” mentioned Khan.
& now this video the place privateness of his spouse has been violated. It is each surprising, despicable & completely condemnable. No human being ought to should endure this. I name on the CJP to take suo moto discover of this.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) November 5, 2022
Imran Khan additionally apologised to Swati’s spouse for the “shocking, despicable & utterly condemnable” act.
I wish to apologise on behalf of Pakistan to Mrs Swati, a really non-public, non public, tahajut guzaar girl for the ache, anguish and sense of humiliation she is having to endure.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) November 5, 2022
On Friday, a day after the try on his life, Khan took a dig on the military referring to the scenario in Bangladesh. “What happened in East Pakistan? The military took action against the party which won the elections. The party was denied of its rights,” the PTI chief had mentioned.
“The same thing is happening right now. The country’s biggest political party is being pushed against the wall and attempts are being made to kill it’s leader,” mentioned Khan, indicating his assassination try.
Edited By:
Rishabh Sharma
Published On:
Nov 6, 2022
