Relatives of Baloch missing persons demonstrate in support of their demands. — Photo by OnlineQUETTA: The Supreme Court was hearing a petition on the law and order situation in Balochistan and the missing persons issue in the province at its Quetta registry on Thursday, DawnNews reported.
The cases were being heard by a three-judge bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry.
During the hearing, the chief justice expressed displeasure over the authorities’ failure to produce the missing persons despite court orders.
“We have been asking for these missing persons for the past two days…none of them has so far been produced,” Chief Justice Iftikhar said, adding that, “all intelligence agencies have denied picking up these missing persons”.
“Then where are these people?” the chief justice said.
The chief justice urged the administration to act legally against those involved in anti-state activities and said that the judiciary would assist the administration in that case.
The court moreover directed the authorities to recover a missing person who disappeared from Quetta’s Sariab area.
Earlier during Wednesday’s hearing, Chief Justice Iftikhar has summoned Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani, Home Minister Mir Zafarullah Zehri and ISI’s sector in-charge to appear before the court on Thursday.
The authorities concerned failed to present 12 people who had ‘disappeared’ from Quetta and Totak area of Khuzdar despite an order issued by the court to police and the deputy commissioner of Khuzdar on Monday to produce them on Wednesday.
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