Islamabad, Jan. 24 -- Rights activist and lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and her husband, Hadi Ali Chattha, were detained in Islamabad on Friday while reportedly heading to a court hearing, her family said, according to a report by The Balochistan Post (TBP).

Imaan's mother, former federal minister Shireen Mazari, said in a series of posts on X that police officials intercepted the couple and took them into custody.

She said they were placed in separate vehicles and moved to undisclosed locations. She added that the police presented no first information report (FIR) and that members of the bar association "sadly could do nothing." Describing the arrest as "fascism at its peak", she said those in power "must be so pleased with this ach...