Summary The court has also summoned progress report over the investigation by airport police station.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday has sought record of departmental inquiry regarding torture on women by Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officials at Islamabad airport.
Hearing the suo moto case, the court has also summoned progress report over the investigation by airport police station.
Earlier, woman and daughter, belonging to Nowshera, were stopped from flying to Norway at Peshawar’s Bacha Khan Airport.
It is pertinent to mention here that Chief Justice took suo moto notice of the mishap whereas two cases, one against the immigration officials and the other one against the mother and the daughter, were also lodged.
On April 19, the officials at Benazir Bhutto International Airport had a minor dispute with passengers Haseena Begum and Fauzia Umar who were traveling through a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane.
Both women were taken to a room where FIA officials allegedly thrashed them due to which women received injuries and were taken to a hospital as their condition became critical.
On the other hand, airport management had claimed that the female passengers abused their staff after which the situation became worse.
