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

Mishal Husain speaks to Imaan Mazari-Hazir, a renowned human rights lawyer in Pakistan. Amid political and economic turmoil, is the rule of law in her country in crisis?

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?

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