{"id":288984,"date":"2022-10-13T14:04:48","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T09:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=288984"},"modified":"2022-10-13T14:04:48","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T09:04:48","slug":"pti-senator-azam-swati-arrested-for-tweeting-against-army-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pti-senator-azam-swati-arrested-for-tweeting-against-army-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"PTI Senator Azam Swati arrested for tweeting against army chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PTI Senator Azam Swati was arrested on Thursday for allegedly tweeting a \u201chighly obnoxious and intimidating message\u201d against state institutions, including the army chief, according to a criminal complaint filed by the FIA.<\/p>\n<p>Swati\u2019s tweet named the army chief, and came after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Hamza Shehbaz were acquitted in a high-profile money laundering case yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr Bajwa congratulations to you and few with you. Your plan is really working and all criminals are getting free at cost of this country. With these thugs getting free, you have legitimised corruption. How you predict now the future of this country (sic),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters outside a sessions court in the capital today, the PTI leader said he was not arrested for breaking the law, violating the Constitution or fundamental rights. He said he was arrested for \u201ctaking one name \u2014 of Bajwa \u2014 and that is the violation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>When asked who arrested him, he said it was the FIA. When pressed about what case, he alleged he was tortured by \u201cagencies\u201d. \u201cA parliamentarian has been unclothed,\u201d he said. \u201cI am telling the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PTI Senator Azam Swati was arrested on Thursday for allegedly tweeting a \u201chighly obnoxious and intimidating message\u201d against state institutions, including the army chief, according to a criminal complaint filed by the FIA. 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