نو ماہ سے زائد عرصے سے جیل میں قید ایڈوکیٹ ایمان مزاری اور ھادی علی چٹھہ کی قانونی ٹیم نے دونوں وکیلوں کو جیل میں درپیش صورتِ حال پر تشویش کا اظہار کیا ہے۔ PRESS STATEMENT Legal Team of Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha Islamabad | 5 October 2026 We begin by expressing our gravest concern over the deteriorating health of Hadi Ali Chattha, who during incarceration has been diagnosed with hypertension and diabetes and is not receiving the consistent and adequate medical attention that his conditions require while incarcerated. Despite repeated requests of the family and lawyers, jail authorties are not sharing details of Hadi’s medication. We fear that if this incarceration continues under these conditions, Hadi may develop serious and potentially permanent health complications. The State has a direct duty of care towards every person in its custody and will bear responsibility for any deterioration in his health. What is happening to Imaan and Hadi can no longer be viewed as a series of procedural lapses. It is our considered position that these delays are mala fide, deliberate and calculated to prolong their incarceration, and amount to a subversion of the relief and protections afforded by the Supreme Court. On 5th October, 2026, bail hearing in Imaan & Hadi’s case was fixed before the Anti-Terrorism Court. The Investigating Officer did not appear before the Anti-Terrorism Court in Islamabad and the prosecution failed to produce the case record. The DSP informed the Court that the Investigating Officer had travelled to Gilgit-Baltistan. The matter has consequently been adjourned until 13 October 2026. Every such delay has a very real consequence: Imaan and Hadi remain behind bars. They continue to be denied meaningful and confidential access to their legal counsel, undermining their ability to instruct their lawyers and effectively exercise their constitutional right to a fair trial and due process. Given the pattern we have witnessed, we have serious apprehensions about what will happen on 13th October. We fear that the bail proceedings will again not be allowed to conclude and that, even if relief is granted, attempts may be made to re-arrest Imaan and Hadi under some other pretext in order to perpetuate their detention. Such conduct would represent an abuse of the criminal justice process and an attempt to defeat judicial oversight through successive detention. We have clear instructions from the families of Imaan and Hadi that should any harm come to either of them, or should their unlawful incarceration be deliberately prolonged, we intend to pursue all available legal remedies, including the institution of criminal proceedings against officials responsible for unlawful acts or omissions. We further put the Federal Government on notice. In the view of the families and legal team, responsibility for the continued treatment of Imaan and Hadi ultimately rests at the highest levels of government. We therefore hold Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif politically and legally accountable for ensuring that the constitutional rights, physical safety and due process protections of Imaan and Hadi are respected, and reserve the right to pursue appropriate proceedings against any person whose conduct is found to have contributed unlawfully to their continued detention or harm. This is no longer simply a question of adjournments, but whether constitutional guarantees, orders of the superior judiciary, and the most basic protections of due process can be rendered meaningless through deliberate procedural obstruction. We demand immediate compliance with the orders of the superior judiciary, and an end to all attempts to prolong Imaan & Hadi’s incarceration through procedural delay or successive cases. Legal Team of Imaan Mazari-Hazir & Hadi Ali Chattha Islamabad