Justice Jawad S Khwaja has directed Interior Secretary Siddique Akbar to act upon the orders and pay compensations to the heirs.
(Read: Missing persons’ case: SC seeks explanation over delay in compensation)
The court also warned the interior secretary that he will have to bear the consequences if the families are not compensated soon.
Earlier, the court had summoned the interior secretary to explain why heirs of missing persons have not received compensation despite repeated directives to the government.
(Read: Missing persons: SHC puts secretaries on notice)
A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Justice Shakirullah Jan referred another four chronic cases of enforced disappearances to the judicial commission constituted for tracing missing persons.
The bench had referred 252 cases to the judicial commission for missing persons and had directed the government to ensure that compensation was paid to their heirs within a week, on an earlier hearing.
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