7-member committee set up to review policy on enforced disappearances
Pakistan
7-member committee set up to review policy on enforced disappearances
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - The government constituted a seven- member ministerial level committee under the chairmanship of Minister for Law and Justice Azam Nazeer Tarar to review a policy relating to enforced disappearances, Dunya News reported on Monday.
The other members of the committee include Minister for Interior Rana Sana Ullah Khan, Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Shazia Marri, Minister for Communication Asad Mehmood, Minister for Defence Production Muhammad Israr Tareen, Minister for Maritime Affairs Syed Faisal Ali Subzwari and Minister for Science and Technology Agha Hassan Baloch, said a notification issued by the Interior Ministry.
“The committee may co-opt eminent jurists, representatives of human rights organizations and any other member(s) as it deems appropriate,” it further said.
The report/recommendations of the committee would be submitted to the Cabinet for deliberations. The interior ministry shall provide Secretariat support to the committee.
