KARACHI – The Supreme Court has ordered law enforcement agencies to establish a separate cell for the cases of missing persons.
During the hearing of missing persons’ case at Supreme Court Karachi Registry on Sunday, Chief Justice Justice Mian Saqib Nisar also directed the representatives of law enforcement agencies, including IG Sindh Amjad Javed, to start proceedings at all the petitions of the missing persons.
The chief justice asked the agencies to inform the relatives of missing persons about their loved ones.
“I am certain that my institutions are not behind missing persons,” the chief justice said during a hearing of the missing persons’ case at the Supreme Court’s Karachi Registry.
“I am saddened over the missing persons’ issue,” the CJP told Sindh IGP Amjad Javed and provincial heads of intelligence agencies who appeared in the top court’s Karachi Registry for the hearing of the case.
Justice Nisar remarked, “Not only the youth but even men as old as 57 years are missing.”
“I have also said this before, missing persons should be recovered,” the CJP told the Sindh IGP and the provincial heads of intelligence agencies.
He further said, “If anyone’s loved ones have been killed then they should also be informed. At least they will get some peace.”
During the hearing, Justice Nisar asked the relatives of the missing persons to come forward.
The judicial staff accepted their petitions relating to the missing persons after which the chief justice ordered action on them.
