Pakistan’s famous human rights lawyer Iman Mazari and her husband have been sentenced to 17 years imprisonment by the court there. The only crime is that he had posted anti-state on social media, such is the allegation. The punishment given by the court can be seen as a restriction on dissent and civil liberties in Pakistan. This incident has once again raised questions on the claim of democratic Pakistan.

According to news agency Reuters, the court order said that Mazari, a vocal critic of Pakistan’s powerful military system, was convicted on Saturday along with her husband, lawyer Hadi Ali Chatta. A large number of lawyers have started protesting in his support and also protesting against his sentence. The videos are viral on social media.

For the sake of faith, the streets of Islamabad are on the streets!! pic.twitter.com/rDLUAYTBWB

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This punishment is a big pattern of oppression

Mazari’s reaction has also come to light on this. He saw this punishment as part of a larger pattern of repression. He told AFP news agency that we are not the first people to be jailed illegally in this country.

It seems difficult to speak the truth in this country: Mazari

Earlier this week, during the hearing, Mazari had defiantly told the court, ‘It seems very difficult to speak the truth in this country. But we knew that when we started this work, we were ready to face it. We will not back down.

Iman Mazari is the strong voice of the oppressed classes, Baloch students, and the marginalized. Instead of silencing the voices of oppressed nations, their constitutional rights should be recognized. pic.twitter.com/4gQ4Jt8R6R

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Islamabad court has sentenced in three cases

Islamabad Court has found the lawyer couple guilty in three cases and sentenced them to 5 years, 10 years and 2 years respectively. These sentences will run concurrently.

The documents placed before the court as evidence show that Mazari had spread many highly objectionable materials online. However, Mazari and her husband said that this action was an act of revenge for criticizing the government.

Who is human rights lawyer Iman Mazari?
32 year old Mazari is one of the human rights lawyers of Pakistan. He is known for raising issues that challenge state institutions. He has graduated from Edinburgh University. He has focused his legal practice on cases related to minority rights, freedom of the press and defending individuals accused under Pakistan’s stringent blasphemy laws.

Earlier, Mazari has represented the rights of ethnic Baloch activists, journalists facing defamation charges and Afghan citizens. Due to his work, he has often come into conflict with the security agencies of Pakistan. Especially in the case when people started disappearing in Balochistan.

She presents herself as an advocate of freedom. Cases against Mazari, who are making their mark not only in Pakistan but in the world, have also increased in the last years.

His family background is from a well-known family of Pakistan. She is the daughter of former federal human rights minister Shireen Mazari. His father was a well-known disease specialist. In 2005, he received the Young Inspiration Award from the World Expression Forum.

Shireen, a former Pakistani minister, told AFP that the family had faced threats related to Mazari’s activism. But there is pride in his work to protect the deprived and marginalized people.

Pakistan action on imran khan: A court in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad on Tuesday (July 8, 2025) ordered the block of 27 YouTube channels to be blocked in the country based on the report of Pakistan’s Cyber ​​Security Investigation Agency. All these YouTube channels have been accused of spreading propaganda against Pakistan Army and the government.

The blocked YouTube channels include the private YouTube account of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in Pakistan jail and Pakistan’s major opposition and the official YouTube channel of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). This action has taken place at a time when Imran Khan and PTI have been questioning the role of the army. Especially since the Pakistani Army Chief of Asim Munir became the field marshal of the country.

After Donald Trump and Munir met Pti Was issued a statement

Imran Khan and PTI issued a statement a few days ago after the meeting of Donald Trump and Asim Munir. The statement said that the truth in Pakistan has now come out that the country is running the army, not the Pakistani government.

These people blocked YouTube channels

Apart from this, journalists whose YouTube channels have been blocked include senior journalist Moeed Pirzada, Arshad Sharif’s associate and human rights activist Arju Kajmi and many names related to daily nature. Pakistan has punished all these for speaking against the government and the army.

Politician and media channel ban, but terrorists’ account active

Tightening the screws on media and social media in Pakistan is not new, but this time the action has taken place at a time when Pakistan’s government and intelligence agency ISI is praising terrorists and spreading openly of terrorists. While the YouTube account of the main opposition party and the former Prime Minister in Pakistan has been banned, the proxy accounts of organizations like Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed are still active today and openly promote terrorism against India.

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