Imran urges suo motu action on objectionable video sent to Azam Swati's wife.

LAHORE -- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan urged Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial on Saturday to take notice of PTI Senator Azam Swati's wife being sent a private video of her and her husband from an unknown number.

The former premier also apologised to the senator's wife "on behalf of Pakistan" for the pain and humiliation she faced by being sent that video.

The former prime minister stated that "Pakistan was created on Islamic moral values of human dignity, honour of the family and inviolability of chadar [veil] and chardawari [home]".

He stated that "what has happened to Azam Swati at the hands of the state has been a blatant violation of all these values - from being stripped naked to custodial...

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