ISLAMABAD: Human rights lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir. her husband, Hadi Ali Chattha, have submitted additional documents to the Supreme Court of Pakistan, bringing these on record before the hearing on Tuesday, May 12, on their plea, which seeks to set aside the Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) orderdenyinginterim relief in thecontroversial social media posts case.
In December 2025, Imaan Mazari. her husbandmovedthe Supreme Court to set aside the IHC’s decision that denied the interim relief in the controversial social media post case against the couple. The petition argued that the high court had “erroneously. illegally refused” to exercise the discretion to grant ad-interim relief to the petitioners to stay the criminal trial,asrecording of evidencebefore the trial court in their absence was not only a violation of Section 353 CrPC, but also their due process and fair trial rights under Article 10A of the Constitution.
The additional documents, submitted by their counsel, Faisal Siddiqi, on Monday, consist of the charge sheets of different dates against the petitioners, their statements before the trial court. the orders issued by the court.
The petitioners pleaded before the Supreme Court to allow bringing these documents on record in the interest of justice since they were “essential. relevant for adjudication of the present case”.
They explained in the application that the said documents were not available at the time of filing of the appeals. since the paper books were not prepared by the office of the IHC; the trial record was obtained after filing the appeals.
A three-judge Supreme Court bench, comprising Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan, Justice Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui,. headed by Justice Shahid Waheed, will commence hearing on the appeals on Tuesday (May 12).
Earlier on April 30, Imaan Mazari. her husband had alsomovedappeals in the Supreme Court under Article 185(3) of the Constitution against the IHC’s February 19, 2026,order, through which the high court had admitted the appeal against the trial court’s January 24decisionof handing down a 17-year sentence.
While admitting the appeals against the trial court’s order. the IHC hadissued noticesto the respondents on the application for the suspension of sentence; however, it had not suspended the sentence.
The petition contended that the appeals be accepted. the sentence awarded to the petitioners through the impugned trial court’s judgement be suspended till the disposal of the criminal appeal pending before the IHC.
On January 24, a trial court hadsentencedImaan. Hadi to a total of 17 years in prison on multiple charges in the case.
The lawyer duo were sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment under Section 10 (cyber terrorism), five years’ imprisonment under Section 9 (glorification of an offence). two years’ imprisonment under Section 26-A (false and fake information) of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA).
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