New Delhi, Oct. 30 -- Pakistani human rights lawyer and activist Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and her husband, fellow lawyer Hadi Ali Chattha, have been sentenced to 10 years in prison each by an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan.

The verdict, delivered on 29 October, 2026, relates to an incident in Islamabad in October 2024, when the couple allegedly removed road barriers placed along a route secured for the visiting England cricket team.

The case has attracted considerable attention because Mazari is a prominent human rights lawyer known for representing people who have faced alleged abuses by state agencies, including journalists, activists and members of minority communities.

She has also been a vocal critic of Pakistan's military esta...