PTI’s Hasan Raoof sent on 14-day judicial remand

A District & Sessions Court in Islamabad has sent Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) secretary information Raoof Hasan on a 14-day judicial remand in the anti-state propaganda case.

The court also rejected the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) request for an extended five-day physical remand.

Last week, Raoof and 11 other PTI members were arrested for handling the party’s media cell, allegedly responsible for spreading malicious propaganda against the state.

In today’s court hearing, the FIA prosecutor stated, “We need a further five-day remand to investigate a technical report,” which showed that all PTI’s digital media cell members were in contact with one another.

Meanwhile, Hasan’s legal counsel argued that his health was deteriorating because he’d been in physical remand for seven days.