An Islamabad court issued non-bailable arrest warrants for Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and her husband, Hadi Ali Chattha, in a case related to controversial social media posts. ADSJ Muhammad Afzal Majoka had indicted the two in the case last week. Both had denied the charges. The court had summoned all prosecution witnesses for hearing. The judge presided over the hearing in which Chattha expressed a lack of confidence in the court, to which ADSJ Majoka said the case could have been transferred if the lack of confidence had been expressed before the couple’s indictment. Mazari said that the two should be indicted first, adding that the charges had not even been read out to them, to which the judge said he had already done so and they should ask their lawyer. The judge said he would go ahead with the hearing, since the law permitted him to do so, to which Mazari said the couple would boycott the proceedings if Majoka continued hearing the case. Reconvening after the break, Mazari informed the judge that her lawyer had withdrawn the power of attorney, to which ADSJ Majoka said the counsel should come to court and confirm it.To this, the judge reiterated that the lawyer should come to court and confirm it himself. He subsequently issued non-bailable arrest warrants for the couple and adjourned the case till today.
Non-bailable warrants issued for Mazari, husband
Published on: November 6, 2025 2:15 AM