KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday directed the authorities to use modern techniques to locate the whereabouts of four ‘missing persons’ including a girl.
A single-member bench SHC comprising Justice Naimatullah Phulpoto, while hearing a case of four missing persons including a girl, observed that the authorities failed to find the missing persons despite the fact that several meetings of the JITs had held over the issue.
“It is disappointing that the authorities failed to find any clue about the missing persons despite several meetings of the JITs constituted to investigate the issue and locate the missing persons”, the court regretted. Justice Naimatullah Phulpoto directed the authorities concerned to use modern techniques to locate the ‘missing persons.’
The court sought reports from the police, home ministry and federal government by the second week of December.
Moreover, the SHC also sought a detailed list of all the detention centres across the country.
At which, the public prosecutor sought some time to submit a report to the honorable court, claiming that attempts were being made to recover the missing persons.
The prosecutor told the court that 16 meetings of JIT and four meetings of provincial task force have been held so far over the same issue. The court sought the reports by the police, home ministry and federal government by the second week of December.
Last month, the SHC, while expressing its anguish at failure to trace missing persons, ordered the authorities to submit a report on October 30.
The court, during the hearing of petitions on 10 missing persons, including a student of chartered accountancy, Sufi Shah Inayat, ordered immediate meeting of the JIT (joint investigation team) and sought its report within eight days.
The court warned the investigating officer of strict action if he failed to locate the missing student.
It ordered publishing an advertisement in newspapers regarding disappearance of Abdul Samad and use of modern technology to locate missing persons.
Federal secretary interior presented a report before the court claiming that Ali Khan, Abdul Samad and others were not arrested by any federal agency.
The court ordered Sindh interior department and inspector-general of police to submit a report on October 30.
