{"id":1782,"date":"2026-02-03T09:21:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T09:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/?p=1782"},"modified":"2026-02-03T09:21:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T09:21:06","slug":"shireen-mazari-moves-ihc-seeking-right-to-meet-daughter-son-in-law-in-adiala-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/?p=1782","title":{"rendered":"Shireen Mazari moves IHC seeking right to meet daughter, son-in-law in Adiala Jail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Former federal minister Shireen Mazari filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court on Tuesday seeking her legal right to meet her daughter, Iman Mazari, and son-in-law, Hadi Ali Chatha, who are held in Adiala Jail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Iman Mazari and Chatha were convicted on January 24 in Islamabad in a case linked to alleged posts and reposts on X that investigators termed \u201canti-state\u201d. The case was registered in August 2025 by the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016, with allegations that the content aimed to undermine state institutions and align with proscribed organisations or individuals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The convictions were widely condemned by members of the legal community, politicians and civil society.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mazari told the court she had completed the biometric process required for the petition and had gone to Adiala Jail a day earlier to meet her family. \u201cDespite it being the scheduled day, we were not allowed to meet them,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She said the main relief sought in the petition was enforcement of her right to meet them under jail laws. \u201cI am a mother. I want to meet my daughter and my son-in-law, but you are preventing me,\u201d she told the court.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Read:\u00a0Amnesty issues urgent action appeal to PM Shehbaz for Imaan, Hadi&#8217;s release<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mazari said the petition refers to both domestic law and Pakistan\u2019s commitments under international human rights conventions. \u201cArticle 1 defines mental and physical abuse, which is being violated,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cNot only international laws, but even our own laws are being disregarded,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She said Pakistan\u2019s standing under international law had traditionally been strong. \u201cWhen we address India over Indus Water violations, we insist on compliance. We have consistently implemented our international agreements from the beginning,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Questioning the authorities\u2019 current approach, she asked: \u201cPakistan\u2019s position has remained strong. So why is it now being undermined?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Earlier, Mazari appeared before the court in connection with the GHQ case and marked her attendance. \u201cI have marked my attendance and am now going to Adiala Jail,\u201d she told the media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She added that despite her daughter and son-in-law being in custody, she was not being allowed to meet them. \u201cIf I cannot meet my own daughter, how will I meet Imran Khan?\u201d she asked.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former federal minister Shireen Mazari filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court on Tuesday seeking her legal right to meet her daughter, Iman Mazari, and son-in-law, Hadi Ali Chatha, who are held in Adiala Jail. Iman Mazari and Chatha were convicted on January 24 in Islamabad in a case linked to alleged posts and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1782"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1784,"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1782\/revisions\/1784"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}