New Delhi: Pakistani citizens are appalled after two human rights activists were arrested in October for ‘criticising’ the military and the intelligence agencies over several posts on X. They are now rallying in support of the couple, denouncing “overreach of the military”.

Human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari and her husband Hadi Ali Chattha were indicted on 30 October under Pakistan’s controversial Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA). Many are calling it the case of State versus the power couple.

Mazari, a human rights lawyer, has represented victims of human rights violations and is an outspoken critic of extrajudicial killings and abductions across the state. She is also the daughter of Shireen Mazari, a former Pakistani politician who served as the Federal Minister for Human

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