Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan questioned superior judiciary whether Article 14 of Constitution “is only applicable to powerful of state” and not to “everyone else”.

In a tweet from his official handle, PTI Chief referred to Article 14 of Constitution which declares “dignity of man” to be inviolable. He highlighted brutality against Senator Swati, saying that he was “stripped naked, tortured and humiliated through an illegal video sent to his wife”. He added that Swati has been seeking justice from SC for weeks to “no avail” but when he reacted in “justifiable anger and frustration”, he was put in jail and had 15 FIRs registered against him across Pakistan.

PTI Chief asked SC judges where justice is in all this, questioning whether provision of Article 14 of Constitution is applied selectively to “High and mighty State functionaries”. Imran’s tweets came following raid at Swati’s farmhouse in Chak Shahzad by Federal Investigation Agency’s Cyber Crime Wing Islamabad. Senator has been taken into custody for second time for allegedly tweeting against senior military officials.

Published in The Daily National Courier, November, 29 2022

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