Islamabad ATC indicts Imaan Mazari, Hadi Ali Chattha in barricade removal case

The hearing was adjourned until October 9.Earlier, Zainab told the court that she had waited outside the jail for two hours but was not allowed to meet her clients despite a court order.

She also said copies of the case documents had not been provided to Imaan and Chattha and requested that they be produced before the court.Read: Islamabad ATC ends contempt proceedings as Imaan, Hadi sign powers of attorney for litigation“I have the jail authorities’ reports with me,” Judge Tahir Abbas said.Janjua questioned why Imaan and Chattha were not being produced before the court when other prisoners were being brought from Adiala….

Prosecutor Raja Naveed represented the prosecution.At the previous hearing on Monday, the ATC had adjourned Imaan and Chattha’s bail applications until October 13 after the investigating officer failed to appear before the court.Judge Abul Hasnat Muhammad Zulqarnain had expressed displeasure over the officer’s absence.

The DSP later told the court that the investigating officer was in Gilgit-Baltistan and his phone was switched off.Defence counsel had argued that all sections in the FIR, except the terrorism provision, were bailable and pointed out that the court had previously rejected the prosecution’s request for the physical remand of Imaan and Chattha.Imaan and her husband Chattha were rearrested on September 17, shortly after the Supreme Court granted them….

They were produced before an Islamabad Anti-Terrorism Court in connection with a case registered at Kohsar Police Station.Police sought 30-day physical remand, but ATC Judge Abul Hasnat Muhammad Zulqarnain rejected the request and sent the couple on judicial remand.

The judge noted that although they had been nominated in the FIR as members of an unlawful assembly, no weapon had been attributed to either accused.On September 27, the court issued a contempt notice to the Adiala jail superintendent after the authorities failed to facilitate the signing and transmission of the documents and also failed to produce the accused through video link.

Two days later, the issue was resolved after Imaan and Chattha signed the required powers of attorney.On September 29, the ATC ended the contempt proceedings against the jail authorities and separately confirmed that notices had been issued on the couple’s bail applications, with arguments scheduled before Judge Abul Hasnat. This….

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