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Pakistan Opposition Leader Arrested for ‘Obnoxious’ Tweet

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A senior opposition leader has been arrested in Pakistan for a “highly obnoxious and intimidating” tweet against the chief of the country’s powerful military, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Al Jazeera reports.

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Pakistani senator arrested for anti-army chief tweet

A Pakistani senator says he was detained, stripped, and tortured for tweeting about the country's army chief. Azam Khan Swati, the senator and a senior member of former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, was detained early Thursday. A court is…

2 years ago·United States

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Pakistani senator arrested for anti-army chief tweet

A Pakistani senator says he was detained, stripped, and tortured for tweeting about the country's army chief

2 years ago·United States

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Pakistani senator arrested for anti-army chief tweet

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani senator says he was detained, stripped, and tortured for tweeting about the country’s army chief. Azam Khan Swati, the senator and a senior member of former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party, was detained early Thursday. A court is allowing federal investigators to question the senator over what the Federal Investigation Agency called his “obnoxious and intimidating” message against state institutions, the army chief…

2 years ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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Pakistani senator arrested for anti-army chief tweet

A Pakistani senator says he was detained, stripped, and tortured for tweeting about the country’s army chief

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National Post

Pakistani senator arrested for anti-army chief tweet

ISLAMABAD (AP) -- A Pakistani senator said Thursday he was arrested, stripped and tortured for tweeting about the country's army chief. Read More

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Lawmaker from ex-PM Imran Khan’s party PTI arrested for tweeting against Pak Army chief

A senior lawmaker from Pakistan ex-prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party was arrested for tweeting against Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, who is scheduled to retire on November 29, 2022.

2 years ago·Noida, India

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