KARACHI: A total of 197 missing persons’ cases were submitted to the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances in the first half of the year, Dawn.com reported.

According to a report released on Monday, 226 cases were disposed of in the first six months of 2023.

The commission, set up in 2011 to trace missing persons and fix responsibility on the individuals or organisations responsible, said the total number of cases received till June 30 was 10,285, while 8,015 cases were disposed of with a total of 6,464 people traced so far and 1,551 cases disposed of.

The report added that 4,514 missing persons returned home, 1,002 were in internment centres, 671 in prisons and 277 were found dead. It said 47 cases were received in June and 28 were disposed of, with 13 of them unrelated to enforced disappearances, nine returned to their homes, three were confined in internment centres, two in jails and one person’s body was found.

Published in Dawn, July 2nd, 2024