Summary Justice Jawwad S Khawaja says agony of missing person’s families is unbearable.
ISLAMABAD (Online): The Supreme Court on Monday sought lists of detention centres their commandant and detained missing persons across the country within 24 hours.
A three member bench headed by Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja resumed the hearing on Monday.
The court also sought detailed report of the recorded statements of Dr. Imran Munir and others regarding recovery of Amina Massod Janjua’s husband Masood Janjua.
Justice Jawwad S Khawaja in his remarks said that time has come when everyone has to get united under one umbrella for implementation of the law and constitution.
He said that the agony and pain of missing persons is unbearable if they would not be recovered, the ‘Heads’ of all detention centres would be summoned.
On the issue of Masood Janjua’s detention, Justice Khawaja remarked that when intelligence agency’s person is being found involved in such activities, then, what is the job of police, government and other security agencies to take action against that person.
The court also ordered CPO Rawalpindi Rao Iqbal Imran Munir to speed up the investigation on the case of Masood Janjua and submit report about it today (Tuesday, 9 July).
“We want to recovery missing persons at any cost,” Justice Khawaja remarked.
Justice Khawaja also asked Attorney General that what kind of policy or legislation is being formulated to take action against enforced disappearance.
The court sought report from Deputy Attorney General Ali Zai about 84 cases of detainees at various detention centres of the country.
In his remarks, Justice Arif Hussain Khilji expressed dissatisfaction over the performance of the investigation of missing persons. He said that delaying tactics are being used to delay the issue of missing persons.
It is not a big deal to find out the lists of Missing Persons’ detention centres, he added.
Justice Khilji annoyed over the cold attitude of the Heads of detention centres as the Incharge of these centres do not allow the family members to meet their detainee relatives. He expressed these views while hearing the plea of missing person Imdad Hussain’s sister Nargis.
