Imaan Mazari seeks urgent SC hearing against conviction

• Claims IHC failed to follow court’s May 12 directives • Insists delays have kept her behind bars for more than 140 days despite pending appeal ISLAMABAD: Rights activist Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir on Friday moved the Supreme Court with an application seeking an early hearing of her criminal appeal, in which she challenged the Islam­abad High Court’s (IHC) Feb 19, 2026, refusal to suspend her 17-year sentence in the controversial social media posts case. Earlier, on July 21, the Supreme Court had adjourned the hearing in the case on the ground that the IHC had already fixed her application for suspension of sentence in the main appeal for July 24. However, the apex court observed that if…