{
  "id": 6578668,
  "title": "Detained PTI leader Hammad Azhar's mother, wife approach Lahore ATC over 'denial' of meetings",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/detained-pti-leader-hammad-azhars-mother-wife-approach-lahore-atc-6578668",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-10T10:38:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2028866/detained-pti-leader-hammad-azhars-mother-wife-approach-lahore-atc-over-denial-of-meetings"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "LAHORE – The mother and wife of detained PTI leader Hammad Azhar made a plea to an anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Thursday, protesting the police's refusal to permit access to Hammad, his family, and his lawyer. Ishrat Azhar, the mother, and Marriam Hammad, the wife, submitted a joint petition through counsel Abuzar Salman Niazi. The petition alleged that the police were preventing Hammad's family members and lawyer from meeting him, despite the suspect’s legal entitlement to consult with counsel and family. The petition demanded the court order the authorities to allow Hammad to meet his legal representatives. The day prior, an ATC had granted Hammad a 21-day physical remand in connection with the attack on Jinnah House during the May 9 riots. Hammad was arrested in Multan and transferred to Lahore police last week. He has been labeled a proclaimed offender in several May 9 attack cases. In January, prosecutors claimed that Hammad had been offered multiple chances to appear in court but had failed to do so, and had gone into hiding to avoid arrest. In March, a Rawalpindi ATC sentenced Hammad, alongside 46 other PTI leaders, to ten years in prison and a fine of Rs500,000 each, also ordering the confiscation of their property for the state.",
  "summary": "LAHORE: PTI leader Hammad Azhar’s mother and wife on Thursday approached an anti-terrorism court (ATC) against the police for allegedly denying his family and lawyer access to him. Ishrat Azhar, the mother, and Marriam Hammad, the wife, filed a joint petition through their counsel, Abuzar Salman Niazi. The petition stated that police were not allowing Hammad’s family members and lawyer to meet…",
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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."
}