IHC summons defence, interior secretaries in poet disappearance case    

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court has summoned Secretary Defence and Secretary Interior in the case of disappearance of poet Farhad Ahmed.

Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani of Islamabad High Court heard the case related to the disappearance of poet Ahmed Farhad, in which Ahmed Farhad’s lawyer Imaan Mazari gave arguments in the court while representatives of the Ministry of Defence and relevant officials appeared in the court.

During the hearing, Imaan Mazari told the court that Ahmed Farhad’s wife Urooj Zainab received a WhatsApp call and was told to withdraw her application in the court and give a statement that Ahmed Farhad had gone of his own free will. She said this is clearly a case of enforced disappearance.

On this, Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani said that now they want a person in any case. The secretary of defense should appear in person, otherwise he will issue an arrest warrant.

The court gave the authorities time till 3 o’clock and after the break, when the hearing started, the representative of the Ministry of Defence appeared in the  court.

During the hearing, Justice Mohsin Akhtar asked the lawyer of the Ministry of Defence whether you have ever been abducted.

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