Produce missing persons by 8 pm: CJP
Chief Justice has issued the directives to to produce 35 missing persons.
Lahore (Dunya News) - The Chief Justice of Pakistan has ordered the Secretary of Defence to produce 37 missing persons by 8 pm today (Tuesday).
Three-member bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry heard the plea for recovery of 35 missing persons.
Additional Defence Secretary informed the court that Defence Secretary was on leave.
He requested for more time to produce the missing persons in the court.
On this, CJP directed him to produce the missing persons by 8 pm.
The CJP showed annoyance over non-implementation of the court’s orders.
"If the Defence Secretary was ill, his responsibilities should be given to someone else," the CJP remarked.
The court also directed the Additional Defence Secretary to contact PM, Defence Minister or whosoever was the person concerned to implement the orders.
The CJP warned of consequences if the order was not implemented.
The bench stated that a case could be registered against Additionary Secretary of Defence, if the missing persons were not produced before the given deadline.
