PTI wants CJP to ensure Fawad's rights are protected in custody.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Saturday wrote a letter to Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial asking him to ensure that the fundamental rights of his party's senior vice president, Fawad Chaudhry, are ensured.

The letter comes after the PTI leader was sent on remand in a sedition case - which has invited severe criticism not only from his party but also from senior members of the government.

In his letter to the CJP, the former prime minister mentioned that as the top judge is the custodian of the constitution, he requests him to "ensure that honour and dignity of Mr Fawad Ch [are] not violated".

The former prime minister cited the "inhuman" treatment dealt to Senator Azam Swati and PTI leader Shahbaz Gill while they were in the custody of law enforcement agencies (LEAs) - in two separate cases.

The PTI chief feared the former information minister would be subjected to similar ill-treatment, in violation of Articles 9, 10A, and 14 - which pertain to the right to a fair trial, freedom of speech, and inviolability of the dignity of a...