Imaan, Hadi’s pleas seeking early hearing adjourned
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned until Sept 17 the applications filed by rights activists Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and her husband, Hadi Ali Chattha, observing that either the court would decide the matter or the applicants would withdraw the case. A two-member Supreme Court bench, headed by Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan and comprising Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim, took up the…
On August 21st, 2026, the Supreme Court postponed until September 17th the applications submitted by activists Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and her husband, Hadi Ali Chattha. The two-member bench, consisting of Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim, heard the case and determined that the court would either decide the matter or the applicants would withdraw it.
The activists had filed the applications through senior counsel Faisal Siddiqi, seeking directives for an early hearing of their criminal appeal challenging the Islamabad High Court's refusal to suspend their 17-year sentences in a controversial social media posts case. The counsel argued that the Supreme Court had previously directed the Islamabad High Court to decide the appeals seeking suspension of sentence within two weeks, but the case was now suddenly scheduled for September 8 in the high court.
The counsel expressed concern that the case might disappear from the system due to the cause list not being issued by the high court yet. Justice Afghan assured that the system would be fully exposed and they would remain vigilant. The Additional Attorney General, Rana Asad, clarified that the high court had its own system for fixing cases.
He also noted that the annual vacation of the high court would end on September 6, allowing it to resume official work afterward. The applications seeking suspension of sentence were deemed maintainable by the AAG.
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