Geo Pakistan

Missing persons case adjourned till next Wednesday

ISLAMABAD: Justice Javed Iqbal on Wednesday expressed dissatisfaction on failure to take action against FC personnel who were identified and accused by six of the missing persons’ families with proofs, Geo News reported. The three-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Javed Iqbal was hearing the missing persons case. Asma Jehangir, the counsel for missing persons told the court that despite recommendations of the missing persons’ commission no action was taken against the FC personnel and the Ministry of Interior also did nothing in this regard. Presenting the arguments, the Additional Attorney General K.K. Agha said data retrieved from laptops recovered from the possession of Masood Janjua and Faisal Faraz disclosed their links with al-Qaeda. He said Janjua and Faraz had been killed six years ago and Hamid Mir, the senior anchor of Geo, had also mentioned this fact in one of his TV programs. Reacting to the arguments, Amina Massod Janjua, wife of Masood Janjua, said her husband and Faisal Faraz were alive and living in Rawalpindi at present. She asked asked if they had been killed then where were their graves, adding their DNA tests could also be carried out. Later, Justice Javed Iqbal instructed Amina Masood Junjua to present proofs of her arguments in his chamber and she did the same. During the course of the hearing, the court ordered the police to present a report by next week in the case of MNA Fazal Rab Pirzada who had gone missing seven years ago. Later, the hearing was adjourned till next Wednesday.