Court orders arrests of Iman Mazari, Hadi Chattha within 24 hours

Pakistan: Authorities must end judicial harassment of prominent lawyers

Responding to the cancellation of bail of lawyers and human rights defenders Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha and an order to immediately arrest them in a bogus case relating to “anti-state” tweets, Babu Ram Pant, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for South Asia, said:  “This baseless trial of Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha is a blatant abuse of the justice system. Pakistani authorities must end the judicial harass…

Social media posts case: Court directs Islamabad DIG to arrest Imaan, Hadi ‘within 24 hours’

ISLAMABAD: An Islamabad district and sessions court on Friday issued directions to law enforcement authorities to arrest lawyer and activist Imaan Mazari-Hazir and her husband, Hadi Ali Chattha, “within 24 hours”, warning them of contempt in case of non-compliance. Mazari and Chattha have been facing legal proceedings in a case on accusations of inciting divisions on linguistic grounds through social media posts and creating the impression that …

Court orders arrests of Iman Mazari, Hadi Chattha within 24 hours

An Islamabad district and sessions court has ordered the arrest of Iman Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha within 24 hours on Friday in a case related to alleged controversial social media posts. Additional District and Sessions Judge Afzal Majoka issued the order after expressing strong displeasure over the failure to execute arrest warrants after the sessions court on Thursday cancelled the bail of the husband and wife duo, citing repeated non-appear…

Islamabad Court Orders Arrest of Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Within 24 Hours

An Islamabad district and sessions court has directed law enforcement agencies to arrest Imaan Mazari and her husband Hadi Ali Chatha within 24 hours for failing to appear at a hearing concerning a case related to controversial tweets. Court Proceedings and Orders During the hearing, Islamabad Police DIG Javed Tariq appeared before the court, where Judge Afzal Majoka questioned the police about the non-execution of the arrest warrants issued aga…