Summary Khawaja Asif presented report over missing persons in Supreme Court during hearing in Islamabad.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered Defense Ministry to produce 14 of the 35 missing persons at 9:30AM tomorrow.
A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry heard the case pertaining to missing persons on Friday.
During the course of proceedings, the Chief Justice expressed dissatisfaction over the report submitted by Defense Minister Khawaja Asif.
According to report, Khawaja Asif said that not even a single missing person was under the custody of army, adding that there were different categories. Missing persons were detained in internment centers, he added.
The Chief Justice questioned if he could provide details of all missing persons and the interment centres in which they were detained.
Mr Asif said two persons out of 35 died in custody due to natural causes while two were in internment centre. Eight undeclared detainees were in Afghanistan while three were residing in North Waziristan.
Seven others could be produced before the court but they cannot be categorized as missing persons, he added.
The Chief Justice inquired about the source of all details from Khawaja Asif.
