ISLAMABAD – A total of 3,274 missing persons have returned safely to theirhomes across Pakistan during past seven years which is a remarkableachievement, according to the National Commission of Inquiry on EnforcedDisappearance.
In a session on Sunday, Justice (r) Javed Iqbal reviewed the progress onthe cases of missing persons since the Commission’s inception till lastmonth.
Some 4,804 such cases were reported till February 2018, with as many as 116cases of disappearances were registered in the same month alone. Another125 cases were reported to the Commission in the month of March.
Due to the Commission’s efforts, a total of 3,274 people returned to theirhomes safely while the number of remaining cases stands at 1,710 till March31st.
In February, the Commission conducted 173 hearings in Islamabad; 44 inLahore; and 157 in Karachi.
Iqbal, who retired from the Supreme Court in July, was appointed thechairman of the judicial commission mandated to trace missing persons in2011.