Supreme Court Hears Missing Persons Case

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan News: Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday heard the case of missing persons during the hearing Justice Javed Iqbal remarked that the democratic system is at the verge of destruction.

Justice Javed Iqbal, who heads the two-member bench, was hearing the case of missing Mustafa Azam who belongs to Karachi. During the hearing, Justice Javed questioned the status of democracy and said that there are no basic rights given to masses. The military’s role was also brought into question over the disappearances of individuals.

Justice Javed Iqbal said in the missing persons’ cases “there is always a mention of brigadiers and majors, who has given them power?”

“Frontier Corps has no rights to arrest and detain any person,” Justice Iqbal said, adding that the court will be satisfied even if one person was recovered and the anxiety of one family was over.

Meanwhile, Justice Raja Fayyaz said “there is a Gestapo-like reign of terror…anyone can come into a house, where is the enforcement of law?”

Incidents involving hundreds of missing persons have been reported to the court in the past four years. Relatives of the missing allege they were picked up by intelligence agencies.