Azam Swati gets bail in controversial tweets case

Azam Swati gets bail in controversial tweets case

Islamabad (Staff Report/Agencies): A district and sessions court on Friday granted post-arrest bail to PTI Senator Azam Swati in controversial tweets case.

Special Judge Central Raja Asif Mehmood announced the verdict reserved on Thursday. The court directed Swati to deposit surety bonds worth Rs10,000.

FIA’s Cybercrime Wing (CCW) arrested Swati on October 13 after registering a case against him over the tweets.

On October 12, in a series of tweets, following the acquittal of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shehbaz in the high-profile money laundering case, Azam Swati implicated the army for abetting acquittals of the Sharif family.