IHC disposes of Zardari’s missing aide case after he returns home

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) bench here on Wednesday disposed of a petition after petitioner withdrew this in the matter of former Adviser to the Sindh government and close aide of Asif Ali Zardrai, Nawab Ali Leghari who returned home on July 24 after remained missing since April 4 this year.

On July 24 some persons dropped him near his home in Sawan Garden Islamabad. Badrun Nisa wife of Leghari stated before the court that she had lost all hopes to see her husband again and it is just due to the efforts of this court that her husband returned. She requested the court that she wanted to withdraw her petition that court allowed.

During the last hearing the court of Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani had directed ministries of interior, defence and the intelligence agencies working under them to produce missing Leghari, within five days or the court will pass a judgment that official respondents have to face.

In previous hearing ministry of interior, defence and intelligence agencies working under these two ministries, beside Intelligence Bureau (IB) had denied custody of Leghari. IHC then remarked that everybody knows that missing Leghari is in custody of the intelligence agencies and if not produced they will have to face consequences of the judgment.

Petitioner Badarun Nisa in her petition had expressed apprehensions that her husband is under the illegal custody of interior ministry. She had told the court that some officials on April 4 came to her house at Sawan Garden in Islamabad and demanded CNIC from her husband. Afterwards they took him along and when the petitioner contacted the concerned police station, it expressed complete ignorance to the incident.

The police even refused to register an FIR initially and that was registered after the matter was reported in the media. The petitioner had suspected that interior secretary was behind the kidnapping of her husband. 

Separately, in another matter IHC bench directed ministry of defence and the intelligence agencies to submit report in the case of another missing person Mehfooz Yar till September 11.