Enforced disappearance: FC says does not have officials SC wants

QUETTA:

The Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan on Tuesday came up with a clear statement that it does not have the officials summoned by the Supreme Court to appear before the CID Deputy Inspector General (DIG) in the investigation of enforced disappearance cases.

The deadline given to FC was December 2, and not a single FC official appeared before the police.

FC issued a statement and explained about the 19 personnel the Supreme Court (SC) is looking for.

As spokesperson for FC Balochistan stated that seven out of 19 FC personnel who were summoned by court had never been the part of this force.

“There are three Pakistan Army officers among 19 who had returned back to Army and now no more affiliated with FC and they do not fall in the jurisdiction of FC,” he said.

The statement further stated that FC has held an identification parade to identify the five other personnel.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 4^th, 2013.