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PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday decried the “custodial torture” of party leader and Senator Azam Swati who was recently arrested over a controversial tweet thought to be against the armed forces.
Imran was addressing a press conference in Islamabad alongside Swati who was granted post-arrest bail a day earlier. During his media talk, the PTI chief railed against the coalition government and the treatment being meted out to its political opponents.
Giving the example of Shahbaz Gill, Imran alleged that the ex-adviser to the PM was tortured, stripped naked and sexually assaulted. “He is a professor, not a criminal.”
He also vowed to approach every forum over the “custodial torture” of Swati. “I am upset that they did not take action.”
He questioned the law under which this action was taken. “He was beaten in front of his grandchildren,” he stated, adding that Swati was later “handed over” where he was beaten after being stripped naked.