Human rights lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir was re-arrested outside the Adiala Jail on Monday, hours after an Islamabad anti-terrorism court granted her bail in a sedition case.
Confirming the arrest on X, the Islamabad police said Imaan was taken into custody in a terrorism case registered at the Bara Kahu police station.
A video of the arrest showed Islamabad police officials taking Imaan away in a police van from outside the jail.
The arrest comes hours after an Islamabad anti-terrorism court granted Imaan and former lawmaker Ali Wazir post-arrest bail in a sedition case.
While Imaan has been re-arrested, Adiala Jail superintendent Asad Warraich told Dawn.com that Wazir’s release is still pending.
Wazir was arrested on August 19, while Imaan was picked up from her home during the early hours of August 20. A pair of first information reports (FIR) were registered against the two at Islamabad’s Tarnol police station and Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) police station.
The arrests were made two days after a public meeting, organised by the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM). Wazir, a PTM member, and Imaan had both addressed the rally, with videos circulating on social media showing speakers criticising the military establishment over enforced disappearances.
On August 22, an Islamabad court had granted Imaan post-arrest bail in a rioting and dacoity case. However, she remained in police custody in connection with the sedition case.
Meanwhile, an Islamabad ATC on August 24 had rejected the prosecution’s request to extend Imaan and Wazir’s physical remand in the sedition case and sent the two to Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail on judicial remand.
At the same time, Imaan’s counsel Zainab Janjua had filed a petition seeking her post-arrest bail.
