Long-awaited arrival: Missing persons finally presented at Supreme Court
Identification of six missing persons completed during in-camera session.
Express News screengrab of the vehicle in which the missing persons were transported to the court.
ISLAMABAD:
Fourteen missing persons were brought to the Supreme Court on Saturday, Express News reported.
There has been an ongoing struggle to present the missing persons in court, with the Supreme Court extending deadlines for the defence authorities and the authorities being unable to make them, until today.
The missing persons were brought in with their faces covered so that they could not be identified and the defence secretary asked the media not to take any footage of them or to release their names.
Security personnel also stopped members of the media from recording videos of them.
The attorney general and Justice Ameer Hani Muslim were waiting in the court when they arrived.
The missing persons will be seated in court room seven and were individually presented in court room six for in-camera sessions.
By the end of the in-camera hearing, the identification of six of the missing persons had been completed.
Background
Yesterday, the Supreme Court had ordered the defence authorities to present the missing persons before Justice Muslim for an in-camera session at 9am on December 7.
The court had said that the attorney general can also question the missing persons during the session.
Earlier during the hearing, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif had submitted a list of 35 missing persons and details of their locations to the Supreme Court.
Giving details of the missing persons, Asif had said seven of them were released, three are living in Waziristan area, one has moved to Saudi Arabia while eight have reportedly moved to Afghanistan and are living in Kunar valley.
He had added that details of five people are not known as yet, while information about seven people mentioned in the list is very sensitive.
The defence minister had said that none of the missing persons are in the military’s custody.
In yesterday’s hearing, Asif had informed the court that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had assured him that “good news” will be presented to the court today.
Fourteen missing persons were brought to the Supreme Court on Saturday, Express News reported.
There has been an ongoing struggle to present the missing persons in court, with the Supreme Court extending deadlines for the defence authorities and the authorities being unable to make them, until today.
The missing persons were brought in with their faces covered so that they could not be identified and the defence secretary asked the media not to take any footage of them or to release their names.
Security personnel also stopped members of the media from recording videos of them.
The attorney general and Justice Ameer Hani Muslim were waiting in the court when they arrived.
The missing persons will be seated in court room seven and were individually presented in court room six for in-camera sessions.
By the end of the in-camera hearing, the identification of six of the missing persons had been completed.
Background
Yesterday, the Supreme Court had ordered the defence authorities to present the missing persons before Justice Muslim for an in-camera session at 9am on December 7.
The court had said that the attorney general can also question the missing persons during the session.
Earlier during the hearing, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif had submitted a list of 35 missing persons and details of their locations to the Supreme Court.
Giving details of the missing persons, Asif had said seven of them were released, three are living in Waziristan area, one has moved to Saudi Arabia while eight have reportedly moved to Afghanistan and are living in Kunar valley.
He had added that details of five people are not known as yet, while information about seven people mentioned in the list is very sensitive.
The defence minister had said that none of the missing persons are in the military’s custody.
In yesterday’s hearing, Asif had informed the court that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had assured him that “good news” will be presented to the court today.