Eight missing persons declared hardcore militants, PHC told

PESHAWAR: Eight more missing persons, shifted to various internment centres located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and tribal areas, have been declared hardcore militants.
A division bench of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) comprising Chief Justice Mazhar Alam Miankhel and Justice Abdul Latif Khan Tuesday disposed of cases of the eight missing persons. The decision was taken after receiving the reports about their alleged involvement in terror activities.
During hearing of 13 missing persons cases, additional advocate general Waqar Ahmad Khan submitted the oversight board’s reports about the eight missing persons. The law officer informed the bench that as per the reports, eight internees had been declared black or hardcore militants as they were found involved in the terrorist activities.
He informed the bench that as per the report, Asghar Hussain was shifted to the internment centre in Lakki Marwat as he was declared black. His relatives had filed the petition to claim that he was picked up by the security agencies and there was no clue to his whereabouts since October 30, 2011.
The oversight board report revealed that the petitioner Minhajuddin’s son Ashiquddin, a resident of South Waziristan, was a hardcore militant. He had been missing since 2009.Similarly, Fazal Ghani, Nisar Ali and Abdul Jabbar were also declared hardcore militants in the reports, who went missing since 2011 and later shifted to the internment centres.
Three more missing persons, including Fasihullah, who went missing on May 4, 2014, Ijaz Khan, missing since 2013 and Rehman, missing since 2012, were declared black.The bench disposed of the eight cases with the direction that the relatives could meet them as per the law.
It also asked the relatives of the declared hardcore militants to file application if they were denied the visitation right or proper medical facilities were not given to the detainees by the authorities concerned.
The bench disposed of cases of two missing persons, including Abdul Khaliq and Muhammad Imran, after receiving the oversight board’s reports. The reports had declared them grey, a term which means terror suspects.
The bench also re-issued notice to Home and Tribal Affairs Department to ensure submission of oversight board’s reports in the case of Maryam Bibi. Her son Noor Muhammad Khan went missing and then was found detained at the internment centre. Case of Muhammad Irshad was adjourned to the next hearing. On the strict directives of the PHC, the oversight boards of various internment centres in KP and Federally Administered Tribal Areas have started submitting reports of the missing persons.