Islamabad, JAN 28: An Islamabad court on Saturday reversed an order of a judicial magistrate that denied police an extension in the physical remand of PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry and ordered investigators to re-produce him before the magistrate today for the pursuance of the request.
Chaudhry was taken into custody on Wednesday for allegedly “inciting violence against a constitutional institution” — the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). A first information report (FIR) against him was registered at Islamabad’s Kohsar police station on a complaint of ECP Secretary Umar Hameed.
The FIR stated that Chaudhry, in a speech outside PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s house, had allegedly threatened the ECP and their family members. Today, the PTI leader was brought to court with a black cloth covering his head on directives issued by Additional Sessions Judge Tahir Mehmood Khan who said the appearance of a suspect in the court was mandatory in cases where investigators seek a physical remand.
Concurrently, another hearing on the PTI leader’s petition seeking post-arrest bail was also underway at a local court.
The two cases were being heard separately at different courts located in close proximity at the F-8 Kacheri (a judicial complex for district courts).
The former information minister had on Friday moved an application through his attorney before additional district and sessions judge Faizan Haider Gillani seeking his bail.
