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title: "Lawyers seek early hearing for Mazari and Chattha appeals"
description: "Most outlets led with the request for an early hearing of the appeals filed by lawyers Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha against their convictions. Hum News English also mentioned the involvement of Islamabad bar associations urging the Islamabad High Court to decide on the pleas to suspend their sentences, while Dawn focused more broadly on the call for an expedited decision without specifying the bar associations’ role."
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# Lawyers seek early hearing for Mazari and Chattha appeals

pakistan · updated 17 Sep 2026, 9:05 AM PKT · 16–17 Sep 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets led with the request for an early hearing of the appeals filed by lawyers Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha against their convictions. Hum News English also mentioned the involvement of Islamabad bar associations urging the Islamabad High Court to decide on the pleas to suspend their sentences, while Dawn focused more broadly on the call for an expedited decision without specifying the bar associations’ role.

## Same story from 2 outlets

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- **Dawn** — [Lawyers seek early hearing of Mazari, Chattha appeals against conviction](https://www.dawn.com/news/2030424/lawyers-seek-early-hearing-of-mazari-chattha-appeals-against-conviction) · 17 Sep 2026, 9:05 AM PKT
  > ISLAMABAD: Lawyers’ representative bodies in the federal capital have called for an early hearing and decision on appeals filed by lawyers Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha against their convictions, saying the delay was denying them their constitutional right to a fair trial. Speaking at a joint press conference on Wednesday, office-bearers of the Islamabad Bar Council (IBC), Islamabad High Co...
- **Hum News English** — [Islamabad bars urge IHC to decide Imaan Mazari, Hadi Chattha sentence-suspension pleas](https://humenglish.com/latest/islamabad-bars-urge-ihc-to-decide-imaan-mazari-hadi-chattha-sentence-suspension-pleas/) · 16 Sep 2026, 2:01 PM PKT · 80% identical wording to the newest filing
  > ISLAMABAD: A day before the hearing in the controversial tweets case involving lawyers Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha, leaders of the Islamabad Bar Council, Islamabad High Court Bar Association and Islamabad District Bar Association on Wednesday demanded the immediate implementation of a Supreme Court order concerning the suspension of the couple’s sentences in the PECA case. Speaking ...

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- [IHC to consider sentence suspension pleas of Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha](https://harzaviya.com/stories/358-ihc-to-consider-sentence-suspension-pleas-of-imaan-mazari) · 28 Jul 2026 · 3 outlets · 87% related
- [Court hearings set for Imaan Mazari and Hadi Chatha's sentence suspension appeals](https://harzaviya.com/stories/4025-sc-adjourns-imaan-mazari-hadi-chatha-appeals-until-september) · 21 Aug 2026 · 4 outlets · 82% related
- [Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha rearrested after Supreme Court grants bail](https://harzaviya.com/stories/8980-sc-grants-bail-to-imaan-mazari-husband-pending-ihc-decision) · 18 Sep 2026 · 15 outlets · 2 developments · 82% related
- [IHC takes up appeals by Imaan Mazari and Hadi Chattha against charge framing](https://harzaviya.com/stories/15197-ihc-takes-up-imaan-hadi-s-appeals-against-framing-of-charges) · 20 Oct 2026 · 6 outlets · 2 developments · 81% related
- [IHC adjourns sentence suspension pleas of Imaan Mazari and Hadi Chatha until Sept 23](https://harzaviya.com/stories/7203-ihc-adjourns-imaan-hadi-s-sentence-suspension-pleas) · 9 Sep 2026 · 4 outlets · 81% related

2 articles from 2 outlets, 16–17 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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