During last month (April), proceedings were held in Islamabad, after which 27 missing persons cases were disposed off. DESIGN: SIDRAH MOIZ KHAN
The committee, which comprises of former senior Supreme Court judge Justice Javed Iqbal and member Muhammad Sharif is conducting the proceedings of the cases of enforced disappearances with the help of law enforcing agencies.
During April, proceedings were held in Islamabad, in which 27 missing persons cases were traced and disposed off.
Of the 27 cases, four cases were closed after they were deemed not to be missing persons cases. Of the four cases closed, dead bodies of three were recovered.
The dead were Jabbarul Hassan from Vehari, Ghulam Sibtain from Mandi Bahauddin, and Muhammad Haroon from Batkhaila in Malakand.
One case, Syed Ahtisham Ali from Muzzafarabad missing from July 2011, was found not to qualify as a missing persons case.
This enhances the total number of cases to 1,984, out of which 657 cases have been disposed off. This leaves 1,327.
The missing persons were mostly from rural areas spread across the country, of which the men hailed from Swat. They were found in internment centres of Lakki Marwat.
From January 1, 2011, 138 cases of missing persons were pending. Since then, till April 30 of this year, 1846 new cases have been received by the commission.
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There is a high percentage of missing persons who left on their own will. Most of them went to tribal areas or Afghanistan. What about those common people who are abducted by, either the police or private guards, powerful politicians, businessmen, landlords? This happens on a regular basis!
@Jibran those involved in hamid Mir Attack are also behind forced disappearances and the eventual extermination. Hope you know what I mean
Sir, It's "disposed of", and not "disposed off". Please correct the text.
This seems to be the fate of all of the missing persons. The bigger question is who is behind forced disappearances and the eventual extermination.