SC forms bench to oversee proceedings of missing persons commission
All cases related to enforced disappearances were being sent to the missing persons commission
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Supreme Court on Wednesday constituted a two-member bench to oversee the proceedings of commission formed for recovery of missing persons.
A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, took up the suo motu case.
In today’s proceedings, the representative of missing persons Amna Masood said that the issue of enforced disappearences has increased, adding that many issues have been resolved but the missing person could not be recovered.
During the proceedings, reacting to the cries of the mother of one of missing persons, the CJP said that he would have brought the missing person back himself if he had any information where the man was kept, adding that various cases are being done to defame agencies.
The lawyers of the missing persons told the court that despite the orders of the commission, security agencies have failed to produce missing persons.
Justice Saqib Nisar remarked that all cases related to enforced disappearances were being sent to the missing persons commission.
Amina Masood then requested the apex court to have a supervisory role in the matter and asked to attend the meeting.
The top court while accepting her plea constituted a two-member bench comprising Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik and Justice Sardar Tariq Masood to supervise and hear the missing persons case.
