Enforced disappearance: Masood Janjua killed in Waziristan, SC told
ISI official states that the victim was involved with al Qaeda who got him killed.
According to the statement of ISI officer, Masood Janjua and Faisal Faraz were killed in South Waziristan Agency. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD:
The Supreme Court was informed on Wednesday that according to the statement of an Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) officer, Masood Janjua and Faisal Faraz had been killed in South Waziristan Agency.
However, the court has directed the applicant Amna Masood Janjua to submit the list of witnesses today regarding the alleged abduction of her husband by spy agencies.
According to her petitions, Dr Imran Munir, in his statement to JIT on December 5, 2009, claimed that he had seen her husband in the custody of ISI Brigadier Mansoor Saeed Sheikh between July 28, 2006 and the second week of March 2007 in a cell in Westridge area in Rawalpindi.
During the hearing, Additional Attorney General Tariq Khokhar told a three-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, that according to a statement of Maj-Gen (retd) Nusrat Naeem, former deputy DG ISI, given on June 30 2011, Masood Janjua and Faisal Faraz were in contact with a Pakistani named Tariq who was working as an agent of the American CIA.
He said that Tariq had arranged a meeting with al Qaeda leader Sheikh Saad al-Misri, who was on the CIA hit list. He said that a laptop fitted with a satellite chip was delivered to the al Qaeda leader through Janjua and Faraz. When al Qaeda came to know about the chip they killed Janjua and Faraz.
Amina Janjua, wife of Masood Janjua, who is also chairperson of Defence of Human Rights, rejected Gen (retd) Naeem’s statement.
Amina also alleged that ISI Brigadier Mansoor Saeed was involved in this case.
The bench inquired of the SP Rawalpindi why no progress had been witnessed after the court had directed the police to investigate the matter and record Imran Munir’s statements.
The Punjab police had told the SC on July 23 that they had received arrest warrants for an ISI brigadier, allegedly involved in the enforced disappearance of Amna Masood Janjua’s husband. However, the SC had told a senior police officer that there was no need to execute the arrest warrant because it was a matter of respect of an institution.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 12th, 2013.
The Supreme Court was informed on Wednesday that according to the statement of an Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) officer, Masood Janjua and Faisal Faraz had been killed in South Waziristan Agency.
However, the court has directed the applicant Amna Masood Janjua to submit the list of witnesses today regarding the alleged abduction of her husband by spy agencies.
According to her petitions, Dr Imran Munir, in his statement to JIT on December 5, 2009, claimed that he had seen her husband in the custody of ISI Brigadier Mansoor Saeed Sheikh between July 28, 2006 and the second week of March 2007 in a cell in Westridge area in Rawalpindi.
During the hearing, Additional Attorney General Tariq Khokhar told a three-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, that according to a statement of Maj-Gen (retd) Nusrat Naeem, former deputy DG ISI, given on June 30 2011, Masood Janjua and Faisal Faraz were in contact with a Pakistani named Tariq who was working as an agent of the American CIA.
He said that Tariq had arranged a meeting with al Qaeda leader Sheikh Saad al-Misri, who was on the CIA hit list. He said that a laptop fitted with a satellite chip was delivered to the al Qaeda leader through Janjua and Faraz. When al Qaeda came to know about the chip they killed Janjua and Faraz.
Amina Janjua, wife of Masood Janjua, who is also chairperson of Defence of Human Rights, rejected Gen (retd) Naeem’s statement.
Amina also alleged that ISI Brigadier Mansoor Saeed was involved in this case.
The bench inquired of the SP Rawalpindi why no progress had been witnessed after the court had directed the police to investigate the matter and record Imran Munir’s statements.
The Punjab police had told the SC on July 23 that they had received arrest warrants for an ISI brigadier, allegedly involved in the enforced disappearance of Amna Masood Janjua’s husband. However, the SC had told a senior police officer that there was no need to execute the arrest warrant because it was a matter of respect of an institution.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 12th, 2013.