{
  "id": 16072348,
  "title": "ATC replaces state counsel in security breach case after Imaan, Hadi object to appointment",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/atc-replaces-state-counsel-in-security-breach-case-after-imaan-hadi-16072348",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-22T15:57:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn - Pakistan",
    "slug": "dawn-pakistan",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2039035/atc-replaces-state-counsel-in-security-breach-case-after-imaan-hadi-object-to-appointment"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Rawalpindi voided the appointment of state counsel Taimoor Janjua in a security breach case, following objections raised by defendants Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha. The couple is currently facing a jail trial in a 2024 case related to disrupting an international cricket team's security route and inciting public unrest. The court, presided over by Judge Tahir Abbas Sipra, appointed Atif Mehmood as the replacement for Janjua, who had been appointed only a day prior to conduct cross-examination of prosecution witnesses. Imaan and Hadi, who are already in jail for a 2024 case of protesting outside the Islamabad High Court and allegedly manhandling the IHC Bar Association president, refused to have Janjua cross-examine their own witnesses, as they claimed their lawyers were occupied with other cases at the Islamabad High Court. The court ordered the prosecution witnesses to reappear on Friday for cross-examination and warned that Mehmood would handle the task if their lawyers failed to do so.",
  "summary": "RAWALPINDI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Thursday cancelled the appointment of state counsel Taimoor Janjua in a security breach case against lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha, after the accused objected to his past conduct in another case. Imaan and her husband, Hadi, are facing a jail trial in a 2024 case pertaining to the alleged disruption of an international cricket…",
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  "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."
}