Imaan Mazari Height, Age, Husband, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir
Other Name	Imaan Zainab
Profession	Human rights lawyer
Known for	Being a prominent Pakistan lawyer, who sentenced to 17 years for calling Pakistan ‘terrorist state’
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5' 4" (163 cm)
Eye Colour	Light Brown
Hair Colour	Light Ash Brown
Career
Award	Young Inspiration Award (2025) by the World Expression Forum
Personal Life
Date of Birth	21 July 1994 (Thursday)
Age (as of 2025)	31 Years
Birthplace	Islamabad, Pakistan
Zodiac sign	Cancer
Nationality	Pakistani
Hometown	Islamabad, Pakistan
College/University	• University of Edinburgh, Scotland • University of Vienna, Austria
Educational Qualification(s)	• A bachelor's of Law (2011-2015) • A master's in International Law and Legal Studies (2018)
Religion	Islam
Hobbies	Reading, Writing
Controversies	Multiple FIRs, Legal cases and arrest warrants related to protests and social media statements (2021-2026): Imaan Mazari has been involved in several controversies due to her outspoken criticism of the military and state policies. Over the years, she has faced multiple FIRs, arrests, and legal cases related to protests and social media statements. Human rights groups and legal experts have often described these actions as attempts to silence dissent, while courts have at times granted her relief, withdrawn cases, or paused trials, making her legal battles a key part of her public profile. [1]News18
Social Media	• Instagram • Facebook • YouTube • Twitter • LinkedIn
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Marriage Date	December 2023
Family
Husband/Spouse	Hadi Ali Chattha (Human Right Lawyer)
Parents	Father- Tabish Hazir (deceased) (Doctor) Mother- Shireen Mazari (Politician, Human Right Activist)
Siblings	Brother- Sabeel Hazir Sister- None
Other Relative	Grandfather- Taufiq Raufat (poet)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Imaan Mazari

• Imaan Mazari was born and raised in Islamabad, Pakistan.

• She is a renowned Pakistani human rights lawyer and activist, known for her legal work defending civil liberties, representing persecuted individuals, and challenging powerful institutions in Pakistan.

• Imaan comes from a prominent family in Islamabad. Her mother, Shireen Mazar, is a politician and human rights activist. Her late father, Tabish Hazir, was one of the top pediatricians in South Asia, and her grandfather, Taufiq Rafat, was a well-known Pakistani author and poet.

• For pursuing her studies in Law, Imaan moved to London and enrolled at the University of Edinburgh for her Law degree. She has started her legal career while she is pursuing her law degree.

• Early in legal career, Mazari became known for taking pro bono cases on sensitive human rights issues, including representing ethnic Baloch activists, individuals accused under strict blasphemy laws, and Afghan nationals targeted during crackdowns.

• After returning to Pakistan, Imaan did not join a corporate firm but instead focused on public interest litigation.

• Imaan gained public attention during the 2017 Faizabad sit-in organized by Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, where she expressed criticism towards the military’s involvement in the agreement between the government and protestors. Her comments were considered very controversial, and even her mother, Shireen Mazari, publicly clarified that she did not agree with Imaan’s views.

• A targeted campaign against Imaan began on social media, where old photographs of her where she was attending a party were circulated with the intent to shame her. In response, Imaan issued a legal notice to Brigadier Tariq Izaz for allegedly defaming her.

• In 2020, when journalists faced criminal defamation cases for criticising the government, a Journalists’ Defense Committee was formed by lawyers from the Pakistan Bar Council to offer free legal help. Imaan was an active member of this committee and represented several journalists, including Asad Ali Toor, Mudassar Naaru, and Absar Alam.

• In 2021, Imaan’s mother received a threatening message warning her to take action regarding her daughter, otherwise face consequences for Imaan’s actions. A few days after this threat, Imaan’s car, parked in Rawalpindi Katchery, was hit by an unidentified vehicle.

• On 2 March 2022, a sedition case was filed by Islamabad Police against Imaan and other students who were involved in a protest against racist profiling and surveillance of Baloch students in various universities in Islamabad. Later, the Islamabad High Court stopped her arrest, and Chief Justice Athar Minallah said he would not allow harassment for criticism. On 21 March 2022, the police withdrew the sedition case against Imaan and around 200 Baloch students.

• On 21 May 2022, Imaan’s mother, Shireen Mazari, was arrested in a land case. The same day, a video of Imaan making comments about the then army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa went viral on social media. On 26 May, Lt Colonel Syed Humayun Iftikhar, representing the Judge Advocate General Branch of the General Headquarters (GHQ), filed a complaint against Imaan for making hateful remarks against the army.

• The FIR against her alleged that Mazari had made “derogatory and hateful” remarks against the Pakistan Army. The Islamabad High Court later granted her pre-arrest bail and dismissed the case after she expressed regret, making it a rare case where the court acquitted her even though both sides agreed the remarks were made.

• On 20 August 2023, Imaan Mazari was arrested during a rally organised by the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) right groups in Islamabad for delivering a speech against the Pakistan military. She was released on 28 August 2023.

• However, she was immediately re-arrested from outside Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi, in connection with a new case involving terrorism charges. On 2 September 2023, an Islamabad anti-terrorism court (ATC) approved post-arrest bail for Mazari in the case.
  

  Imaan Mazari, when she was re-arrested outside Adiala Jail

• In December 2023, Imaan married Hadi Ali Chattha, a fellow human rights lawyer. In Islamabad, the couple is known as a “power duo” in legal circles. Imaan and her husband frequently collaborates on various cases.
  

  Imaan Mazari’s wedding picture

• In 2024, Mazari and her husband were arrested in Islamabad on charges that they created a security risk and interfered with official duties when they removed police road barriers during the visit of an international cricket team, terrorism charges were also made against them, which human rights groups criticised the charges and descrubed them as vague and part of a shrinking space for civil rights defenders in Pakistan.

• The UN special rapporteur for human rights defenders said,

“Cases against her appear to reflect an arbitrary use of the legal system to harass and intimidate”. She was first targeted in a press conference held sometime in early January, where a military spokesman Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, shared Mazari’s post on X posts and filed a case against her, stating her as, “hidden elements committing subtle crimes. They operate under the guise of democracy and human rights to promote terrorism.”.

•  According to the Asian Human Rights Commission, she is one of the few lawyers in Islamabad willing to represent families of the “disappeared” from Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

• In 2025, Mazari and her husband faced various non-bailable arrest warrants in the controversial tweets case, but courts later withdrew all the warrants after they appeared before the judge.

• In late 2025, Imaan’s request for acquittal and her objection to the state’s pointed lawyer for her social media post cases were rejected. The Supreme Court also temporarily stopped the trial against her and her husband until the Islamabad High Court made a decision.

• On 23 January 2026, Imaan Mazari and her husband were arrested and sentenced to a combined 17 years that will include 10 years for “cyber-terrorism” (Section 10), five years for the “glorification of an offense” related to supporting proscribed individuals like Mahrang Baloch (Section 9), and two years for spreading “false information” (Section 26-A) in prison and a fine of 35 million PKR under Pakistan’s Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) law.
  

  Imaan Mazari, after her arrest

• Their sentence is widely criticised by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and Amnesty International as an assault on free speech and misuse of the law.

• Because of her strong determination to fight back despite all odds, she is being compared to one of Pakistan’s popular human rights lawyers, the late Asma Jahangir. In response, Imaan said,

It is a huge honour and a privilege. But we knew that when we got into this work, we’re ready to face that. We will not back down.”