ISLAMABAD: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Monday handed over rights activist Imaan Mazari and former MNA Ali Wazir to police on 3-day physical remand.
Iman Mazari, the daughter of former federal minister Shireen Mazari, and former MNA Ali Wazir appeared in court after a case was registered against the under terrorism provisions.
Judge Abul Hasnat Zulqarnain conducted the hearing. The prosecutor requested 10-day physical remand for the accused. However, the court rejected the request and handed over to police custody for three days.
A day earlier, a court had approved the one-day physical remand of Imaan Mazari and former MNA Ali Wazir and handed them over to the police.
Imaan Mazari was brought to the court of Judicial Magistrate Ehtisham Alam after she was arrested from her residence.
Imaan Mazari’s lawyer said his client’s house was raided by the police late at night and the door was broken at 3 AM. He said the police didn’t even allow her to wear change her clothes.
The judge asked the police about the need for remand. The prosecutor said Imaan Mazari was present at the protest rally whose participants were stopped from going to Islamabad.
He said the rally participants move forward and blocked the GT road, shut down petrol pumps, and containers were placed to seal the road. He said Imaan Mazari was part of the armed group and women can also be handed over on physical remand.
The court ordered the police to take away Ali Wazir and Imaan Mazari. Both left the court raising their fists in the air in a show of defiance.
An FIR was registered against Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) leader Manzoor Pashteen, Ali Wazir, Imaan Mazari and others at Tarnol police station. The case was also registered under Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA).
According to the FIR, the offenses against the named persons include blocking road, breaking windows of vehicles, resisting the police and threatening them with dire consequences.
