ISLAMABAD – Senator Azam Swati has been acquitted in two cases related to his controversial tweets, a local court announced on Wednesday. The verdict was delivered by Additional Sessions Judge Afzal Majoka at the District and Sessions Court Islamabad, where Swati was facing charges under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA). Read More: Court […]
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Court orders removal of Swati’s name from block list
Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Monday directed the authorities to remove the name of PTI Senator Azam Swati from the block list. ATC Judge Abual Hasnat Muhammad Zulkarnain heard the petition filed by Azam Swati. He argued that he was in jail at the time of registration of the case and his name was included in […]
Court grants bail to Azam Swati in controversial tweet case
The central leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Azam Swati, was granted bail in the controversial tweet case on Friday. Special Judge Central Raja Asif Mehmood granted bail to former federal minister Azam Swati. The special court of Islamabad ordered Azam Swati to submit his passport and deposit a bond of Rs10,000. The 66 years […]
Azam Swati demands Rs620bn for railways’ ‘total’ upgradation
LAHORE: Federal Minister for Railways Azam Khan Swati has demanded Rs620 billion for the ‘total’ upgradation of the Pakistan Railways, a few days after the deadly Ghotki train accident. “I was at the site till the entire track was not restored,” he told journalists while addressing a press conference about the recent train accident. With […]
Initial report says Ghotki train crash occurred after track’s welding joint broke
LAHORE: Ghotki train crash happened after track’s welding joint broke, according to initial investigation report submitted on Tuesday. The Ghotki train accident took place after a track’s welding joint broke, causing the Millat Express train to crash onto a down track. At least 63 people were killed and over 100 injured during the wee hours […]
Fawad Chaudhry asks, “why should Azam Swati suffer the consequences for Saad Rafique’s mistakes?”
After two express trains crashed in Sindh’s Ghotki, leaving at least 41 passengers dead and over 100 injured, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said on Monday that the Federal Minister for Railways should not be penalised for the blunders of former railways minister Saad Rafique. “I can’t comment on the cause of the […]
Minister calls ‘model’ railway stations ‘useless’ buildings
OKARA: Minister for Railways Azam Khan Swati on Wednesday inspected the railway track on a special train besides visiting the station building in Okara. He expressed displeasure over the condition of railway station building in Okara. Talking to journalists, he said that in the past, the railway department was plundered impunity and useless buildings worth […]
Swati fingers at railway officers, police in illegal land occupation
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Railways Azam Khan Swati on Monday said that the Pakistan Railways will come out of heavy losses within the period of six to nine months. Addressing a press conference, he said that he has been in the Ministry of Railways for the last five months and it has become a for-profit institution […]
Azam Swati resigns as federal minister
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Azam Khan Swati on Thursday has resigned from his post. Azam Khan Swati, who is under investigation over allegedly involved in the transfer of Islamabad Inspector General of Police Jan Muhammad, resigned from the post of federal minister for science and technology. Swati submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Imran […]