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Imaan Mazari-Hazir: Seeking justice for Pakistan's disappeared

Imaan Mazari-Hazir: Seeking justice for Pakistan's disappeared

Mishal Husain speaks to the renowned human rights lawyer

The Interview · BBC World Service

September 27, 202422m 57s

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Show Notes

Mishal Husain speaks to Imaan Mazari-Hazir, a lawyer in Pakistan whose passion for human rights began early in her legal studies. She has become well known in her home country for defending people’s rights against the state – taking on difficult cases of abduction and forced disappearance, and speaking out against the country's powerful military. She has herself faced arrest, and now charges under anti-terror laws. Amid political and economic turmoil, is the rule of law in Pakistan in crisis?