SHC rejects JIT, police report on missing person’s case

• Justice Naimatullah Phulpoto heard petitions for recovery of people.
• Court summoned JIT chief and provincial task force chief.
• SHC ordered release of JIT report three days after hearing.

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court(SHC) has rejected the report of the police and Joint Investigation Team regarding the missing persons and has ordered to trace the missing persons from every angle.

Sindh High Court Justice Naimatullah Phulpoto heard the late petitions for the recovery of the missing persons. During this, the court also expressed anger at the JIT officials for not tracing the missing persons and summoned the JIT chief and the provincial task force chief.

The court said that if the missing persons cannot be traced in the JIT then this action is futile.  Court remarked even after 26 JITs meeting if it cannot be traced, then everything is futile.

During the hearing, the Sindh High Court rejected the police report and ordered the release of the JIT report three days after the hearing.

The court also expressed dissatisfaction with the report of the Federal Ministry of Interior and Defense and said that this will not work now, the missing persons have to be traced or action will be taken against the investigating officer.

In the report of the Ministry of Interior, it was stated that the said missing persons are not in the detention center of any federal institution.

The court ordered to trace of the missing persons from every angle and said that immediate steps should be taken to recover the missing Noor Zaman, Haider, Talha, Khair ur Rehman, and others.

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