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VBMP says they will not appear before the commission citing lack of trust.

Wanted to register FIR against security forces, secret agencies but SHO refused to do so, says relative.

AG apprises the apex court of steps taken by govt to comply with court orders.

Relatives point fingers towards FC. Demand UN, international human rights organisations ensure safe recovery.

Prime Minister Gilani embarks on two-day visit to Balochistan today.

Ministry of Interior to issue instructions against notification of Rahdari for non-custom paid vehicles.

Says court will take punitive action if authorities don’t.

My province is a peaceful one with a few glitches here and there, says Raisani.

Committee looking to balance national security and human rights.

POF official was picked up without an arrest warrant.

With army chief in attendance, PM Gilani to preside meeting today.

CJ warns of state of emergency if PM doesn’t take steps to improve law and order in Balochistan.

Chief justice says 'other options' available if Gilani does not want implementation of court orders.

Khuram Ilyas, a ‘brilliant’ second-year student, was last heard of on July 22, 1998.

Deputy AG Malik Sikander walks out of court, says he will return in 5 minutes as Advocate instead of Deputy AG.

SC asks them to come prepared today; orders action against unregistered vehicles.

Supreme Court summons defence secretary, interior secretary, governor of Balochistan; tells them to come prepared.

Ganga Ram Motiyani was picked up by unknown persons claiming to belong to security forces.

Around 12 people have vanished from Hyderabad alone.

NGO says they only have hope from the Supreme Court of Pakistan to stop enforced disappearances.

Panel to forward proposals on solutions for ‘missing’ persons issue, especially in Balochistan.

Asks officials to identify detainees in tribal areas.

Sources say a number of habeas corpus petitions were filed by relatives of missing persons.

Nawaz says the ‘missing persons’ issue should be resolved.

PML-N had submitted resolution which was unanimously approved by the house.

Bench lauds resolution seeking extension of apex court’s jurisdiction to the tribal areas.

Court seeks reply from K-P AG by May 24.

Speaker National Assembly issues order to constitute committee to investigate missing persons issue.

What is most frightening is that even as the hearings continue, the pattern of disappearances has also continued.

As many as 189 missing persons were registered in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, while 169 cases were registered in Punjab.

Sympathy must not make us blind to the darker shadows that lurk behind the visible stories of missing persons.

For the PCNS to simply state that it will deal with the intelligence agencies will not be enough.

PCNS to finalise its report on improving human rights conditions on May 15.

Relatives say the 3 were students and were abducted from outside Balochistan University.

Raza Rabbani directs staff not to open door after interior secretary is late. DG ISI 35 minutes late, allowed inside.

Hajra, accompanied by her young son, said her husband had been kidnapped in 2010 by a group of armed men.

Mehmoodul Hassan, aged 52, went missing from Balochistan’s Chagai district two years ago.

Even as hearings continue, the pattern of disappearances in Balochistan continues unchanged.

National Assembly approved a bill seeking the formation of a National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).

Chief justice gives police two weeks to recover missing persons.

3 out of 7 people who went missing from Marwar area of Quetta three weeks back reached home late Thursday night.

Hospital sources reveal that the bodies bore torture marks - electric shocks may be cause of death.

SC rejects Balochistan government’s initiatives on curbing violence; adjourns hearing till May 2.

Missing persons, recovered from Killi Ismail area of Quetta, were produced before Supreme Court bench.

KP and Fata chief secretaries, Peshawar CCPO and ISI sector commander, are to appear before the court that day.

Petitioner takes oath that police picked her husband up, police takes oath denying the allegation.

Issues summons to provincial IGP, CCPO, ISI sector-commander and Fata additional CS.

Akhtar Lango, Doctor Naseer and Hafeez Rodini had reached home on Monday night.

Says fate of missing people should be revealed. If they have been held for criminal offence, they should be charged.

Court orders police to produce three missing persons before it within 24 hours.