Imaan, Hadi boycott proceedings as ATC records witness statements

A court official informed the judge that jail authorities had said the accused would be produced via video link.Mandokhail requested the court to ensure the physical appearance of Imaan and Hadi.Judge Supra said reports from the police and jail authorities had been received, adding that they had reported there was no special vehicle available to bring the accused to court that day.Prosecutor Raja Naveed Hussain Kiyani requested the court to….

The judge said the statements could be recorded that day and the question of cross-examination could be considered afterwards.Imaan, Hadi and their lawyers subsequently boycotted the proceedings. “We request the court to call us into the courtroom,” Hadi said.Read: ATC orders jail authorities to facilitate lawyers' meetings with Imaan, HadiFormer human rights minister Shireen Mazari called for their privacy to be respected, saying that everything was recorded in the room….

He requested that the lawyers be allowed to meet their clients before the statements were recorded.“The court has said that all stakeholders must be satisfied,” Hadi said, adding that the accused were the biggest stakeholders and that their participation was a legal right.When a witness began recording his testimony, the lawyers and Shireen left the courtroom.

Imaan and Hadi also left after the lawyers’ departure.The testimony of a traffic police employee was being recorded in their absence.At the previous hearing on October 13, the ATC directed jail authorities to facilitate meetings between Imaan, Hadi and their legal team, after the lawyers said they had been unable to meet the couple at Adiala Jail.Hadi also raised concerns about the confidentiality of lawyer-client meetings, saying cameras had been….

They were produced before an Islamabad ATC 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 Hadi 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.On October 7, the ATC had framed charges against Imaan and Hadi in the case related to the alleged violation of a….

Imaan, Hadi boycott proceedings as ATC records witness statements Fiaz Mahmood | Updated 7 minutes ago | Judge says authorities reported that no special vehicle was available to bring the accused to court.