Overview
- Additional Sessions Judge Muhammad Afzal Majoka canceled the couple’s interim bail and ordered their arrest and production after they did not appear in court.
- The court terminated their right to cross-examine witnesses and directed that statements under Section 342 be recorded on Friday.
- The case was filed by the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency under PECA 2016, with prosecutors alleging posts that incited linguistic divisions and depicted state institutions as engaged in terrorism.
- Defense representatives said Mazari wanted to personally question a witness and cited health concerns, while Prosecutor Rana Usman opposed any further delay.
- A heated exchange between Prosecutor Rana Usman and Islamabad District Bar Association President Naeem Gujar led the judge to briefly leave the courtroom before adjourning the hearing, as the case continues alongside earlier petitions in the IHC and a temporary Supreme Court stay.