{
  "id": 12534411,
  "title": "ATC delays Imaan, Hadi’s indictment in security breach case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/atc-delays-imaan-hadis-indictment-in-security-breach-case",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T03:35:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2035307/atc-delays-imaan-hadis-indictment-in-security-breach-case"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Islamabad postponed the indictment proceedings against lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and her husband, Hadi Ali Chattha, due to their inability to attend because of a power outage. The court was set to frame charges against the pair in a case registered at Aabpara Police Station. The allegations include disrupting the security route of an international cricket team and inciting public unrest. During the hearing, prosecutor Raja Naveed presented the case, while junior lawyers represented the accused due to their lead counsel's absence at the High Court. They requested an adjournment and copies of the challan. The judge noted that copies had already been provided and that the court planned to frame charges that day. However, a junior lawyer complained about not being allowed to meet their clients. Despite the judge's order to frame charges, the proceedings were briefly adjourned as the accused could not be produced through video link due to a power outage at Adiala jail. The judge instructed jail authorities to ensure the accused's presence in the next hearing, threatening contempt of court proceedings if compliance did not occur.",
  "summary": "ISLAMABAD: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) adjourned the indictment proceedings against lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and her spouse, Hadi Ali Chattha, until Wednesday (today) after they could not be produced due to a power outage. ATC Judge Tahir Abbas Sipra was scheduled to frame charges against the two lawyers in a case registered at Aabpara Police Station over alleged disruption of the…",
  "key_points": [
    "ATC postpones indictment for Imaan and Hadi due to power outage",
    "Lawyers absent, unable to attend proceedings",
    "Charges include disrupting cricket team's security route"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The postponement of Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha's indictment allows them temporary reprieve, but the court's threat of contempt proceedings pressures jail authorities to ensure their presence at the next hearing.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn - Pakistan",
        "title": "ATC delays Imaan, Hadi’s indictment in security breach case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/atc-delays-imaan-hadis-indictment-in-security-breach-case-12537162",
        "published": "2026-10-07T03:35:36.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}