ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) on Monday sought the list of all captives in detention centres across the country in missing
persons case, while it adjourned the case for three weeks.
A three-judge bench headed by Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan
questioned re
gistrar commissi
on of??Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances (CIED) regarding the case.
Ejaz Afzal Khan inquired “how does the commission decide whether a
person has gone missing due to enforced disappearance or any other reason”, to which the re
gistrar responded that “we are provided reports by various agencies and institutions”.
The re
gistrar added that the CIED (or missing
persons comission) has solved upto 3219 cases, to which Justice Ejaz remarked that “your job might have concluded, but the court’s job has not finished yet.” To this end, the CIED representative said that “our job is only to find the missing
persons.”
Defence of Human Rights chair
person Amina Masood Janjua complained that on each hearing, “the court keeps on asking basic
questions from
government officials”. “On each hearing, the court asks about the accusations against the missing individuals”.
Justice Ejaz responded that the court has to collect thorough information about the cases and thus, the court asks such
questions.
