<p>Pakistan police re-arrested human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari outside the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi on Monday, hours after an Islamabad anti-terrorism court granted her bail in a sedition case.</p>.<p>Confirming the arrest on X, formerly Twitter, the Islamabad police said Imaan was arrested in a terrorism case registered at the Bara Kahu police station.</p>.<p> The arrest comes hours after the Islamabad anti-terrorism court (ATC) granted Imaan and former lawmaker Ali Wazir post-arrest bail against surety bonds of Rs 30,000 each.</p>.<p> Imaan, the daughter of former human rights minister Shireen Mazari, and Wazir were arrested on August 20 by Islamabad police, two days after they participated in a protest organised by the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM), which advocates the rights of ethnic Pashtuns.</p>.<p> Imaan addressed in Islamabad a rally of the PTM, a group of ethnic Pushtu-speaking activists highly critical of the Pakistan Army, and criticised the powerful military establishment.</p>.<p> According to the first information report (FIR) filed against Imaan and Wazir, the two were arrested for staging a sit-in, resistance and interference in state affairs.</p>.<p> The authorities wanted both of them as part of an ongoing investigation. It alleged that the two were involved in unlawful gathering, resistance and 'interference in state affairs'.</p>.<p> On August 21, the ATC sent Imaan and Wazir to a three-day police remand in the sedition case.</p>.<p> On August 24, the court rejected the prosecution’s request to extend Imaan and Wazir’s physical remand in the case and sent the two to Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail on judicial remand.</p>.<p> During the proceedings of the case on Monday, ATC Judge Abul Hasnat Zulqarnain granted bail to Imaan and Wazir against surety bonds of Rs 30,000 each.</p>.<p> The FIR filed against Wazir and Imaan stated that 700 to 800 people participated in the sit-in and several were armed with sticks and some even with weapons as they attempted to defy the authorities and march on the capital, according to a report in The Express Tribune newspaper.</p>.<p> The report claimed the main highway, GT Road, was blocked by the protestors who proceeded to hold a rally in the middle of the road.</p>.<p> It said that when the security personnel tried to stop the participants, they attacked a government vehicle, engaged in altercations with the authorities and even managed to forcefully take an anti-riot kit away from an officer.</p>.<p> The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan condemned Imaan's arrest and demanded her immediate and unconditional release. It termed the Islamabad Police's act as 'unacceptable'.</p>.<p> Pakistani authorities in recent months have cracked down against dissent. Former prime minister Imran Khan is also serving a three-year jail term after he was sentenced by a court in a corruption case earlier this month. </p>
<p>Pakistan police re-arrested human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari outside the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi on Monday, hours after an Islamabad anti-terrorism court granted her bail in a sedition case.</p>.<p>Confirming the arrest on X, formerly Twitter, the Islamabad police said Imaan was arrested in a terrorism case registered at the Bara Kahu police station.</p>.<p> The arrest comes hours after the Islamabad anti-terrorism court (ATC) granted Imaan and former lawmaker Ali Wazir post-arrest bail against surety bonds of Rs 30,000 each.</p>.<p> Imaan, the daughter of former human rights minister Shireen Mazari, and Wazir were arrested on August 20 by Islamabad police, two days after they participated in a protest organised by the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM), which advocates the rights of ethnic Pashtuns.</p>.<p> Imaan addressed in Islamabad a rally of the PTM, a group of ethnic Pushtu-speaking activists highly critical of the Pakistan Army, and criticised the powerful military establishment.</p>.<p> According to the first information report (FIR) filed against Imaan and Wazir, the two were arrested for staging a sit-in, resistance and interference in state affairs.</p>.<p> The authorities wanted both of them as part of an ongoing investigation. It alleged that the two were involved in unlawful gathering, resistance and 'interference in state affairs'.</p>.<p> On August 21, the ATC sent Imaan and Wazir to a three-day police remand in the sedition case.</p>.<p> On August 24, the court rejected the prosecution’s request to extend Imaan and Wazir’s physical remand in the case and sent the two to Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail on judicial remand.</p>.<p> During the proceedings of the case on Monday, ATC Judge Abul Hasnat Zulqarnain granted bail to Imaan and Wazir against surety bonds of Rs 30,000 each.</p>.<p> The FIR filed against Wazir and Imaan stated that 700 to 800 people participated in the sit-in and several were armed with sticks and some even with weapons as they attempted to defy the authorities and march on the capital, according to a report in The Express Tribune newspaper.</p>.<p> The report claimed the main highway, GT Road, was blocked by the protestors who proceeded to hold a rally in the middle of the road.</p>.<p> It said that when the security personnel tried to stop the participants, they attacked a government vehicle, engaged in altercations with the authorities and even managed to forcefully take an anti-riot kit away from an officer.</p>.<p> The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan condemned Imaan's arrest and demanded her immediate and unconditional release. It termed the Islamabad Police's act as 'unacceptable'.</p>.<p> Pakistani authorities in recent months have cracked down against dissent. Former prime minister Imran Khan is also serving a three-year jail term after he was sentenced by a court in a corruption case earlier this month. </p>