Imaan Mazari, Hadi Ali Chattha Rearrested Hours After Supreme Court Suspends Their Sentences

Lawyers Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha outside an Islamabad court following their rearrest

Human rights lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and her husband, advocate Hadi Ali Chattha, were taken back into custody on Thursday night, only hours after the Supreme Court had suspended the sentences handed down to them in a long-running case over social media posts. An anti-terrorism court in Islamabad has now sent the couple on judicial remand, reopening a legal battle that has drawn attention from rights groups both inside and outside Pakistan. Background The case against Mazari-Hazir and Chattha dates back to a complaint filed in August 2025 under the…

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