Overview
- Additional Sessions Judge Muhammad Afzal Majoka forfeited Hadi Ali Chattha’s bail bonds and issued a non-bailable arrest warrant after he did not appear for Wednesday’s hearing.
- The court’s short order noted the case was fixed for framing of charge and prosecution evidence and directed investigators to present him the following day.
- Chattha arrived later at the courtroom but was taken into custody outside the premises in compliance with the warrant.
- An NCIA FIR accuses Chattha and lawyer-activist Imaan Mazari of attempting to incite linguistic divisions through social media, invoking PECA 2016 Sections 9, 10, 11 and 26.
- Mazari remains a named suspect, previous non-bailable warrants for both were issued last month, and further proceedings are expected.