{"id":526895,"date":"2026-01-22T09:32:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T04:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=526895"},"modified":"2026-01-22T09:32:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T04:32:05","slug":"imaan-mazari-gets-protective-bail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/imaan-mazari-gets-protective-bail\/","title":{"rendered":"Imaan Mazari gets protective bail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>terrorism and murder charges<br \/>\n ISLAMABAD<br \/>\nLawyer and rights activist Imaan Mazari and her husband Hadi Ali Chattha, on Wednesday, secured two-day protective bail from the IHC in a case registered under terrorism and attempted murder charges.  IHc\u2019s Justice Muhammad Azam Khan approved Mazari and Chattha\u2019s bail plea against surety bonds worth Rs10,000 and directed the couple to appear before the relevant court within two days. The case relates to a FIR registered at the Kohsar Police Station on October 27, 2025 in the federal capital relating to the Balock Yakjehti Committee\u2019s protest at the National Press Club.<br \/>\nThe FIR features anti-terror provisions, Section 8 of the Peaceful Assembly and Public Order Act 2024 along with Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) sections 440 (mischief committed after preparation made causing death or hurt); 395 (punishment for dacoity); 324 (attempt to commit qatl-i-amd); 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint); 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant); 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions); 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty); and 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon).<br \/>\nThe FIR alleges that Mazari, armed with a stick, attacked lady police constables and injured them, snatching their riot shields and vandalising public vehicles. Chattha, as per the FIR, allegedly armed with a pistol opened fire at a constable with the intention to kill him \u2014 which missed him \u2014 and further hurled death threats while waiving his pistol.<br \/>\nDuring the hearing today, the lawyer couple\u2019s counsel Kamran Murtaza, said that for the first time a woman spent the night in the court premises \u2014 a reference to Mazari and Chattha\u2019s stay at the IHCBA president\u2019s office last night. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>terrorism and murder charges ISLAMABAD Lawyer and rights activist Imaan Mazari and her husband Hadi Ali Chattha, on Wednesday, secured two-day protective bail from the IHC in a case registered under terrorism and attempted murder charges. 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