A district and sessions court in Islamabad has indicted lawyer and activist Imaan Mazari and her husband, Hadi Ali Chatha, in a case relating to a controversial tweet, with both pleading not guilty to the charges.

Judge Muhammad Afzal Majoka presided over the hearing. The court summoned all prosecution witnesses for the next hearing and directed Hadi Ali Chatha to submit fresh surety bonds.

Chatha, however, refused to comply, saying, “I will not submit surety bonds. If you want to jail me for a year, go ahead. You acted unlawfully yesterday and are unfit to be a judge”.

Yesterday, the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency arrested Hadi Ali Chatha in Islamabad after a local court issued non-bailable arrest warrants against him for failing to appear at the hearing of a .

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