Report on missing persons unsatisfactory: SC
By Saad Saud

ISLAMABAD—Supreme Court (SC), has termed official report on missing persons unsatisfactory and directed the government to present a complete and comprehensive report before the court on December, 1.
The SC full bench which heard the case comprised chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, justice Muhammad Nawaz Abbasi and justice Sayyed Saeed ul Shahd,
Presenting the report deputy attorney general Nasir Saeed Sheikh said information has been received about 9 missing persons including Syed Mumtaz Hussain, Muhammad Bilal Bugti, Murtaza Khan, Askari Raza, Syed Liaqat Hussain Nayyar, Syed Nasir Mehdi from Karachi, Imran, Shamsher Khan from Hyderabad, Omar Siddiqui from Jamshoro and Muhammad Zaheer, NWFP. The list of 18 missing persons provided by Mr Janjua include two such persons who are in jail. They are Imran Shamsher Khan and Muhammad Zaheer, the former is in Lahore jail while the latter is in Swat jail. The search for the remaining 14 persons is underway.
The federal government has reactivated all the law enforcement agencies in this connection, he submitted. National crisis management cell headed by Brig Javed Iqbal Cheema has been set up who is present in the court.
The family members of the missing persons were also present in the court.
The chief justice while giving the remarks said “ Deputy Attorney General, This is very important matter of human rights. Our request be conveyed to the government that it should solve the case as soon as possible.
Deputy attorney general submitted that it has come to the knowledge of the government that Imran Shamsher Siddiqui and A Omar Siddiqui are in jail and facing several cases.
Chief Justice directed the deputy attorney general to submit complete list of 41 persons.
Brig Cheema submitted that government would try its best in this regard.
Deputy Attorney General informed that persons appearing at No 1 and 6 have filed writ in Sindh high court while person placed at No 9 has filed writ in Peshawar high court. The court adjourned the hearing till December 1.