Mazari-Hazir was arrested along with Pashtun rights activist Ali Wazir for violating an agreement for a rally in Islamabad
Mazari-Hazir was seen criticizing the Pakistani military in viral videos from the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement rally on Friday
ISLAMABAD: Prominent Pakistani human rights lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir has been remanded into police custody for three days, her lawyer said on Monday, a day after the Islamabad police booked her for criminal intimidation and rioting among several other offenses.
Mazari-Hazir and leaders of a Pashtun ethnic rights movement, the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM), had violated an agreement with the local administration and marched ahead from an area designated for Friday’s PTM rally at Tarnol Chowk on GT Road, according to the police complaint. The participants attacked the police when they were stopped from marching toward Islamabad, and forcibly blocked the GT Road for traffic.
The police produced Mazari-Hazir before an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Islamabad on Monday, where the prosecution requested Judge Abual Hasnat Muhammad Zulqarnain for a 10-day physical remand of the accused. But the judge granted a three-day remand.
“Anti-Terrorist Court has handed over the custody of @ImaanZHazir, human rights activist, to CTD (Counter-Terrorism Department) for three days,” Mazari-Hazir’s lawyer, Ahsan Pirzada said on X messaging platform.
“She is in very good spirit & will fight this one out, as she has done in the past, with...
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