The Islamabad High Court (IHC) expressed frustration with the Islamabad Police’s failure to recover four brothers who went missing in early 2024. During a hearing on Monday, Justice Muhammad Asif noted that enforced disappearance cases were routinely presented in court, reflecting police inaction.
The family of the missing brothers filed a petition, revealing that the siblings were taken by Rawalpindi police from Khanna, within Islamabad’s jurisdiction, but both Islamabad and Punjab police denied having detained them. The case has remained unresolved for over a year, and the court criticized the lack of progress, urging the police to obtain arrest warrants for the accused officers.
The IHC had previously reprimanded authorities in October 2024 and directed senior police officials from Islamabad and Rawalpindi to present progress reports. Justice Asif emphasized that such cases could happen to anyone and called for swift justice. The court’s response came after a distraught mother fainted in court, underscoring the family’s suffering.
