Senator arrested over criticism of officers

Federal police in Pakistan have arrested a senator for comments critical of top military officers, colleagues from his Tehreek-e-insaf political party said Sunday. It was the second time he was taken into custody in as many months.

Azam Khan Swati, a senior member of the party of former Prime Minister Imran Khan who represents Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, was picked up early Sunday from his residence in an Islamabad suburb hours after he addressed an Imran Khan-led rally in the garrison city of Rawalpindi.

Swati was charged with libel and appeared before a judge Sunday who allowed the Federal Investigation Agency to interrogate the senator for two days. He was being held at a facility in Islamabad.

Salvatore Laporta/associated Press Machinery removes mud from a road Saturday after heavy rainfall triggered landslides that collapsed buildings and left as many as 12 people missing on the Italian island of Ischia.