ISLAMABAD: A ladies’s rights activist was granted preemptive bail Friday in a transfer that protects her from arrest after the military accused her of slandering its chief, a lawyer mentioned.
The order by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) got here a day after the authorized cell of General Headquarters (GHQ) made an official criticism with the police in opposition to Imaan Mazari, daughter of former minister Shireen Mazari, accusing her of utilizing derogatory and hateful remarks in opposition to Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa.
The Army grew to become a plaintiff in opposition to the immorality of Army Chief General Bajwa, JAG Branch of GHQ has registered an FIR in opposition to @ImaanZHazir D/O @ShireenMazari1 in Ramna police station of Islamabad.This is 1st form of case within the historical past of Pakistan@ImranRiazKhan @_NadeemZaidi pic.twitter.com/1Dd6eIdmTQ
— Asif (@_masifiqbal_) May 27, 2022
According to her lawyer Zainab Janjua, she is accused of inciting in opposition to the armed forces and defaming Bajwa. Under the authorized system, an individual can search a courtroom order, or preemptive bail, defending them from arrest by police.
Mazari’s household was apprehensive after she publicly lashed out at Gen. Bajwa, accusing him of being behind her mom’s arrest final Saturday. Imaan didn’t provide help for her allegations in opposition to Bajwa. The video of her outburst went viral on social media.
Eman Mazari trains her weapons in direction of military chief Gen Bajwa, accusing him arresting her mom, Dr Shirin Mazari, demanding an evidence. pic.twitter.com/leo1ULxQyw
— Syed Talat Hussain (@TalatHussain12) May 21, 2022
Her mom, who served as a human rights minister within the Cabinet of former prime minister Imran Khan, was detained over a land-grabbing allegation from a long time in the past. She was launched hours later, after a courtroom determined she was arrested in violation of a regulation stipulating that no lawmaker will be detained with out permission from the National Assembly speaker.