Islamabad, Dec 9, 2025

The Baloch Students Council (BSC) in Islamabad strongly condemned the ongoing trial against lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha in Pakistan, describing the charges filed under the country’s Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) as “politically motivated”.

Human rights activist and lawyer Imaan Mazari and her husband, Advocate Hadi Ali Chattha, were reportedly indicted by an Islamabad court in October in a case linked to alleged controversial social media posts.

The students’ body stressed that the use of vague and broadly framed laws to suppress dissent by the Pakistani authorities represents a clear attempt to silence critical voices in an already shrinking political environment. It added that the trend underscores how rapidly civic and de

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