Former federal minister Shireen Mazari on Tuesday moved the Islamabad High Court (IHC), seeking urgent judicial intervention to allow her to meet her daughter Imaan Zainab Mazari and son-in-law Hadi Ali Chatha, who are held in Adiala Jail. In her petition, Mazari stated that both Imaan and Hadi were recently sentenced to a combined 17 […]
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Shireen Mazari approaches IHC to meet imprisoned daughter, son-in-law
ISLAMABAD, February 3, 2026 — Former federal minister Shireen Mazari on Tuesday filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC), seeking urgent intervention to allow her to meet her daughter, human rights lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir, and son-in-law Hadi Ali Chatha, both currently held in Adiala Jail. Read More: Shireen Mazari claims police raided her […]
British govt ‘shifting goalposts’ to keep Pakistan on travel Red List, says Shireen Mazari
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari condemned the decision of the UK government on Monday to keep Pakistan on its Red List of countries facing travel restrictions. UK never asked Pakistan for data related to the country’s coronavirus situation to review their decision, she stated. The minister was responding to a report that […]
Govt making efforts to protect children’s rights through reforms: Dr Mazari
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr. Shireen Mazari on Friday outlined the government’s efforts to protect the rights of children through institutional mechanisms, evidence generation, awareness campaigns and legal and policy reforms. She expressed these words in a webinar held here marking the commemoration of international year for the elimination of child labor organized […]
Defending child marriage
Its the year 2019, and Pakistan continues to grapple with the concept of child marriage. In fact, according to UNICEF Pakistan has the sixth highest number of absolute child brides in the world at 1,909,000. 21% of the girls in this country are married before the age of 18. Three percent are married before the […]
Opposition attacks PM over Iran statement
The National Assembly session was marred by rumpus on the second consecutive day, as lawmakers belonging to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and opposition parties Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) continued to shout at each other when the opposition condemned Prime Minister Imran Khan’s public acknowledgement in Tehran that terrorists had, […]
Shireen Mazari speaks out in support of Mehwish Hayat
Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari on Friday expressed support for actress and singer Mehwish Hayat who was criticised for receiving Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Medal of Excellence) on Pakistan Day this year. The minister took to social networking website Twitter and posted, “Just became aware of and am disgusted by the attacks on Mehwish Hayat’s character by those […]
State to take custody of Ghotki sisters who were abducted,converted and married to Muslim men
The petition filed by the girls and their new Muslim husbands Barkat Ali and Safdar Ali said that the girls left their home on March 20 ‘willingly’ and converted to Islam because they were impressed by the Islamic teachings. The petition was heard by Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Athar Minallah where the girls and […]
Twitter refuses to take down Khadim Rizvi’s account: Shireen Mazari
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari on Sunday said that Twitter refused the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government’s request to take down Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) leader Khadim Hussain Rizvi’s account on the social network. Responding to a tweet from a Twitter user, who had asked Mazari and the government to take action against Khadim Rizvi’s […]
Govt committed to protect rights of minorities, say Shireen Mazari
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen M Mazari has said that concrete steps have been taken through comprehensive strategy to ensure the protection of rights of minorities adding that our constitution guarantees the protection of human rights including the rights of minorities. She further added that we are fully committed to protect the […]