Quetta: A three member bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday resumed the hearing of a petition on the law and order situation and human rights violations in Balochistan at its Quetta registry.
The headed the Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry comprises Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja, was hearing the petition filed by the Balochistan Bar Association on the law and order situation in Pakistan’s largest province.
During the hearing, Advocate General Balochistan Amanullah Kanrani informed the court that “four out of 135 missing persons had been recovered”.
Chief Justice Iftikhar remarked that the recovery of only four missing persons indicated that the provincial government was not taking the issue seriously.
The chief justice reiterated that the security situation in the province was alarming and remarked that the advocate general should inform the court on the government’s behalf in writing that it could no longer control the situation.
The CJ directed the AG to get the list of the missing persons and provide compensation to their families.
Chief Justice Iftikhar remarked that every time the bench goes to Quetta, tortured bodies of missing persons start surfacing.
The CJ directed the custom officials to launch crack town against unregistered vehicles in the province.
The hearing was also attended by the Mir Zafarullah Zehri, the home minister.
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