ATC issues contempt notice to Adiala Jail chief in Imaan Mazari case
At a glance
- An Islamabad ATC has issued a contempt of court notice to the Adiala Jail superintendent.
- The notice is for failing to get signatures from Imaan Mazari and her husband for their bail petitions.
- The court had previously returned the bail pleas on Tuesday over the same issue.
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An Islamabad anti-terrorism court is hearing a case against human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari and her husband, Hadi Ali Chattha. The court has issued a contempt of court notice to the Adiala Jail superintendent after repeated failures to produce the accused via video link and to secure their signatures on power of attorney documents required for their bail applications. Jail authorities have cited internet issues, an explanation the court found unsatisfactory.
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An anti-terrorism court issued a contempt of court notice to the Adiala Jail superintendent for failing to facilitate the signing of powers of attorney for Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha. The court had previously returned their bail petitions on Tuesday due to the missing signatures.
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An anti-terrorism court on Saturday took stricter action over the continued failure to facilitate legal proceedings for Imaan Mazari and her husband, Hadi Ali Chattha, issuing a contempt of court notice to the Adiala Jail superintendent. The court had previously returned their bail petitions on Tuesday because they lacked the required signed powers of attorney (vakalatnamas).
During the hearing, ATC Judge Tahir Abbas Sipra remarked that the jail superintendent should not push the court or himself “into a corner.” The judge also questioned an advocate about whether the necessary documents had been collected from the sessions court for transmission to the jail, as previously ordered.
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