{"id":18155,"date":"2026-10-21T11:59:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T11:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=18155"},"modified":"2026-10-21T11:59:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T11:59:31","slug":"court-appoints-state-counsel-in-imaan-mazari-husband-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=18155","title":{"rendered":"Court appoints state counsel in Imaan Mazari, husband case\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An anti-terrorism court (ATC), set up at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, on Wednesday appointed a state counsel in the case filed against human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari and her husband Hadi Ali Chattha for removing barriers and interfering in official duty. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The advocate general had submitted a list of five lawyers to the court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Advocate Aimal Khan Mandokhel represented the couple in the court.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ATC judge Tahir Abbas Sipra heard the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The defence lawyers prayed to the court to adjourn the hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The court, however, disposed of the plea, asking the lawyers to cross-examine the witnesses since they were present on the occasion.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Advocate Mandokhel said that senior counsel Riasat Ali Azad, who was not present at that time, would do the cross-examination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the defence lawyers\u2019 refusal to cross-examine, the court appointed a state counsel. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Later, the court adjourned the case\u2019s hearing until tomorrow (October 22).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PAK SOUCH MEDIA GROUP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daily Pak Souch Newspaper Sukkur \u2013 Daily Pak Special Newspaper Karachi \u2013 Daily Pak Today Newspaper Karachi &#8211; 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