The SHC prohibits police from detaining Azam Swati in other instances

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday ordered to merge two petitions submitted by his son Usman Swati, seeking the dismissal of all the cases against the sick politician, and prohibited the provincial police from arresting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) leader Azam Swati in additional cases.
A SHC panel chaired by Justice Karim Khan Agha instructed the Prosecutor General Sindh (PGS) to provide the court with a response by December 15 at the petition’s hearing.
The PGS and Inspector General Police (IGP) Ghulam Nabi Memon received notices from the court as well.
The court further ordered the IGP to provide a thorough report on all prosecutions of Azam Swati in the province.
The instructions were given by Justice Agha today at the Perween Rahman murder trial hearing.

IGP Ghulam Nabi was in the courtroom when the judge inquired about the several first information reports (FIRs) that had been filed against the PTI senator for the same offence.
The Sindh police have had custody of Swati for three days. He is a defendant in two lawsuits after making divisive tweets on senior military figures.
He was taken into custody on November 27 from Islamabad by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for a “very offensive campaign of frightening tweets […] against state institutions.” Since that time, he has been held in jail twice, first in Quetta and most recently in Qambar, Sindh.
Following a ruling by the Balochistan High Court ordering the dismissal of all charges against him, Swati was arrested by Sindh police last Thursday in connection with two cases that had been filed in the Warah and Qambar police stations.

The SHC court requested information from the IG Sindh regarding the cases against Swati during today’s hearing.

“We’ve heard that a former prime minister is also the target of legal action. He questioned, “How can many FIRs be filed for a single offence?

There have been rulings on this topic from the Supreme Court, according to Justice KK Agha.