Karachi: After the ordered by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry to present defense minister before the Supreme Court on Thursday (today), in a case pertaining to 35 undeclared detainees allegedly taken away by the army, or face consequences, the newly selected defense minister Khuwaja Asif has been appeared.
Khawaja Asif will defend the government stance over the missing case before the apex court.
On November 26, The SC ordered Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to appear before the bench hearing the missing persons case, as he wields the portfolio of defence too.
The court asserted the defence minister i.e. the Prime Minister will have to appear before the court if he fails to produce the missing persons on November 28.
The order came during a missing persons’ case taken up by a three-judge bench headed by the chief justice in the Lahore registry of the apex court.
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