Notices issued in missing persons cases

The Sindh High Court issued notices to federal and provincial law officers as well as other respondents on Wednesday, seeking their comments at the next hearing of petitions challenging the alleged illegal detention of citizens by law enforcement agencies (LEAs).

Humera Younus, Saima Nadeem and Ishrat Bano said in their petitions that personnel of LEAs picked up Mohammad Irfan, Ahmed Wali, Nadeem Khan and Danish Iqbal from Nazimabad, Saudabad and other areas, but they did not take them to court. They said neither police were disclosing their whereabouts nor were the complaints being provided with details of cases, if any, against the detainees.

In another detention case, the court imposed a fine of Rs10,000 on the federal government for not filing comments. 

Fozia Sultana said her spouse Riasatullah had been missing since November 18, 2015, from Orangi Town. The court directed the federal law officer to file comments.