An additional district and sessions judge on Tuesday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for lawyer Imaan Mazari-Hazir and her husband Hadi Ali Chattha in a case pertaining to tweets posted on X (formerly Twitter) after they failed to appear before the court.

At the start of proceedings, Judge Mohammad Afzal Majoka indicted the duo but neither showed up for court.

 Mazari-Hazir and Chattha had already registered their attendance but had traveled to Rawalpindi for another hearing, a junior attorney told the judge.

Four witnesses were named in a seven-page challan submitted by the prosecution during the session: Assistant Director Imran Haider, Sub-Inspector Shahroz Riaz, Wasim Khan, and Technical Assistant Anisur Rehman. 

According to the challan, Mazari-Hazir had shared controversial tweets that Chattha later retweeted.

The judge instructed police to arrest and bring the two to court after becoming frustrated with their frequent absences and issued non-bailable arrest warrants.  

The hearing was then adjourned until today (Wednesday).