Summary A three-member SC bench will resume hearing of missing persons case today (Tuesday).
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – A three-member bench of the Supreme Court (SC), headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, will resume the hearing of missing persons case today.
During previous hearin on Monday, the authorities of defence ministry pleaded the court to grant more time for production of two missing persons as they were residing in a far flung area. They assured the court that these missing persons would be produced in the court on Tuesday.
Upon this, the Chief Justice said that the court orders should have been implemented. The defence ministry authorities told the court that they were trying their best to produce the missing persons.
The CJP said that the court orders that should be implemented. He said that the court was not an army that the decision could be implemented at gun point.
The bench said a person was held from a city and then the authorities were excusing that they did not know about his presence.
The CJP asked the authorities to clarify that which law permitted this.
Attorney General Munir A Malik told the court that military can hear the criminal cases as per the new legal reforms.
The Chief Justice said that this law was made for the internal affairs of the army not for the common citizens and even this was not about the forced detention.
The Attorney General told the SC that this law was implemented on all in the war-hit areas.
Upon this, the CJP asked to explain as if this category of persons was arrested as war crime accused.
He remarked that there was a difference as these were two separate matters.
Attorney General maintained the stance that such ruling should not be adopted that affects operation against terrorism and arrests.
The court adjourned the hearing of the case till December 10.
