Imaan Mazari and former lawmaker Ali Wazir were arrested earlier this month on charges of sedition and terrorism. The arrests were made two days after a public meeting organized by the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM), where both Imaan and Wazir had addressed the rally. Videos circulating on social media showed speakers criticizing the military establishment over enforced disappearances.
Imaan was granted bail in the sedition case on August 28, but she was re-arrested within hours by the Islamabad police in connection with a freshly filed terror case. The following day, an anti-terrorism court (ATC) handed her over to police on a three-day physical remand in the same case.
However, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) barred the police from arresting Imaan in any case registered after August 20, when she was first arrested.
