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ATC approves three-day remand of Imaan Mazari

She was re-arrested by Islamabad police on Monday
This file photo shows human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari being brought to the ATC in Islamabad by police. Screengrab via Aaj News
This file photo shows human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari being brought to the ATC in Islamabad by police. Screengrab via Aaj News

An anti-terrorism court in Islamabad approved a three-day remand of Human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari on Tuesday.

The ATC in Islamabad issued the reserved judgment.

Earlier, she was re-arrested by the Islamabad police after an anti-terrorism court in Islamabad approved her post-arrest bail petition in a sedition case.

She was arrested moments after she was released from the Adiala Jail.The Islamabad police confirmed the development.

They said that a case was registered against the human rights lawyer at Bara Kahu police station. The complaint was registered under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

Journalist Hamid Mir share a copy of the reported first information report in which the complainant stated that Imaan was put forward by a group of people as their representative to raise money which was used for their own spending.

The FIR invoked Section 420 (Cheating and dishonestly Inducing delivery of property), Section 506 (Punishment for criminal intimidation) of the Pakistan Penal Code and Section 11 (Punishment of imprisonment for a term not less than five years and not exceeding ten years) of the Anti Terrorism Act.

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