Shireen Mazari Breaks Down While Speaking About Daughter Imaan Mazari and Son-in-Law Hadi Ali’s Cases
ISLAMABAD: Former federal minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Dr Shireen Mazari became emotional and broke down while speaking to the media about the legal cases involving her daughter, Imaan Mazari, and son-in-law, Hadi Ali, strongly criticising the judicial system and what she described as discriminatory state treatment.
Speaking to reporters outside the Supreme Court in Islamabad, Mazari said her daughter and son-in-law were neither the Prime Minister’s daughter and son-in-law, who could secure relief despite corruption and serious criminal cases, nor were they related to an influential judge.
“If the state intends to keep my daughter Imaan Mazari and son-in-law Hadi Ali in prison for the rest of their lives or sentence them to death, it should say so openly. Why are we being humiliated in courts every day?” she asked emotionally.
The former minister alleged that the standard of justice in the country was entirely different for influential people and ordinary citizens.
She said her son-in-law was not the son of a judge or an influential personality who could secure an honourable acquittal the very next day despite serious allegations involving the killing of two women.
Describing it as the bitter reality of present-day Pakistan, Mazari alleged that influential fugitives and proclaimed offenders managed to escape corruption cases, while ordinary citizens were subjected to what she termed fabricated criminal charges.
ہمیں انصاف نہیں مل رہا، لیکن آج کے پاکستان کا یہی انصاف ہے۔ میری بیٹی اور داماد (ایمان مزاری اور ہادی علی) وزیراعظم کی بیٹی اور داماد تو نہیں ہیں کہ کرپشن کے مقدمات میں اشتہاری و مفرور ہونے کے باوجود باعزت بری ہو جائیں۔ میرا داماد جسٹس آصف کا بیٹا تو نہیں کہ دو خواتین کے قتلِ عام کے بعد اگلے ہی دن بری ہو جائے۔ جس طرح ایمان اور ہادی کا جیل ٹرائل کیا گیا، انہیں پنجرے میں بند کر کے عدالت لایا جاتا رہا اور شیم ٹرائل کیا گیا، لیکن سپریم کورٹ صرف اس انتظار میں بیٹھی رہی کہ کب انہیں سزا سنا دی جائے؛ میڈم شیریں مزاری نظامِ انصاف اور اپنی بیٹی و داماد کے ساتھ ہونے والے غیر منصفانہ سلوک کو بیان کرتے ہوئے جذبات پر قابو نہ رکھ سکیں۔
اور جرم یہ ہے کہ ایمان مزاری و ہادی علی چھٹہ صرف انسانی حقوق کی بات کرتے ہیں، مظلوم کے ساتھ کھڑے ہوتے ہیں، بے آوازوں کی عدالتوں میں آواز بنتے ہیں۔ اللہ مشکلات آسان فرمائے۔— Waseem Malik (@iwaseemmalik) November 11, 2026
Criticising the ongoing legal proceedings against her daughter and son-in-law, she termed them a “sham trial”. She said the two had repeatedly been brought to court in cages and subjected to an unfair trial inside jail.
Mazari further questioned the role of the superior judiciary, alleging that it had continued to observe the proceedings while the Supreme Court appeared to wait for the administration and lower courts to hand down convictions.
She said her legal team and lawyers were pursuing all cases through proper legal channels, but justice had remained elusive despite approaching every constitutional and legal forum.
“When decisions are driven by political or other considerations rather than the law, hope for justice disappears,” she said.
Questioning the protection of citizens’ rights, Mazari said that if a lawyer and a couple who had raised their voices for human rights could be subjected to such treatment, there could be little assurance of justice for ordinary citizens.
She appealed for the withdrawal of what she described as baseless and politically motivated cases against her daughter and son-in-law.
