ISLAMABAD – The chief justice on Wednesday took an important decision overthe issue of missing persons in Pakistan.
CJP formed a two-member special bench to hear the missing persons case andmonitor the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances.
The bench, that includes Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik and Justice SardarTariq Masood, will also hear cases of missing persons in addition tomonitoring the commission.
As the hearing of a case pertaining to missing persons went under waytoday, Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar remarked that he was aware of thesuffering of the families of missing persons. “If the need arises, I willsit on the special bench,” he said.
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Advocate Colonel (retd) Inam-ur-Raheem then remarked that missing personshave not been produced for years despite orders. In response, the chiefjustice expressed his displeasure at the failure of authorities to followorders.
During the hearing, the mother of a man who is missing since nine yearspleaded with the chief justice to find her son. “My son’s eight daughtersare waiting for him. After God, we only have you to come to with ourrequest to recover my son,” she said.
