SC on Missing Persons Bold Action Needed
The bench issued notices to the Attorney General, Ministry of Interior, and other parties in the case.
Justice Jamal Mandokhel remarked that thousands of persons have been missing, “Only statements will not resolve the issue”.
“The Parliament has been the supreme institution, it should prove itself supreme,” Justice Mandokhel remarked. “A general or joint sitting of the parliament should be convened to resolve the issue,” the bench observed.
“The government wants to seek the final solution to the issue,” the Deputy Attorney General said in the court. “The cabinet has constituted a sub-committee that will file its recommendations over the matter”, he said.
“Those returned, did they inform who was behind their disappearance,” Justice Hassan Azhar Rizvi questioned. “The missing people, not divulge anything, except saying that they went to the Northern Area for rest,” Justice Mandokhel remarked.
“If you have to set an example of a missing case, you have to become courageous,” Justice Naeem Afghan said. “Some missing persons cases malign the state,” he added.
“A liberation war also ongoing in the name of missing persons, no one is prepared to stand in the system,” Bench remarked.
The constitutional bench adjourned further hearing of the case until next week.
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