CJP orders setting up of special cell on missing persons Says he will soon ask nation to ‘offer a sacrifice for a cause’. Updated 25 Jun, 2018 07:53am
Chaos in SC Karachi registry as missing persons' families turn up in big numbers CJP orders LEAs to make information gathering and recovery of missing persons a priority, set up a special cell. Updated 25 Jun, 2018 07:54am
SHC warns IGP of stern action over absence in ‘missing persons’ cases hearing SHC had summoned inspector general of Sindh police A D Khawaja for not appointing a focal person for missing persons. Updated 31 May, 2018 10:42am
Judicial moot says enforced disappearances are a crime Recommends those guilty of committing this offence as well as extrajudicial killings should be prosecuted as criminals. Updated 06 May, 2018 07:58am
Counsel questions NAB’s ‘selective’ justice in SC “We are waiting to see what happens about the accusation made by NAB Chairman Javed Iqbal,” says Iftikhar Gillani. Updated 19 Apr, 2018 08:26am
Parliament did nothing about missing persons: Justice Iqbal NAB chief says 3,500 people went to Afghanistan along with Sufi Mohammad, but only 135 returned. Updated 17 Apr, 2018 07:56am
SC orders govt to submit report on inmates in 11 internment centres in KP Country’s borders should be under constant surveillance to check movement of people, observes Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan. Updated 03 Apr, 2018 08:57am
Rights group calls on Pakistan to end enforced disappearances “Disappearances are a tool of terror," says Amnesty International. Updated 21 Mar, 2018 08:32am
Amnesty urges Pakistan to end impunity enjoyed by perpetrators of enforced disappearances Disappearances a tool of terror, constitute crime against humanity if part of systemic attack, says Amnesty. Published 20 Mar, 2018 07:45pm
Misuse of blasphemy law Records confirm the extensive use of the blasphemy law to settle personal scores. Updated 28 Dec, 2017 07:53am
Senate committee to question recovered missing persons on who abducted them "We all know who is responsible, but we don't make that information public," says Senator Farhatullah Babar. Updated 07 Dec, 2017 07:32pm
SC wants allegations against missing persons given 'in black and white' Those who have committed crimes should be punished accordingly and innocents should be released, Justice Afzal says. Updated 13 Nov, 2017 05:16pm
Senators express concern over enforced disappearances Another list of 131 missing persons has surfaced, says Senator Nasreen Jalil. Updated 26 Oct, 2017 10:57pm
Supreme Court asks for detailed report on missing persons SC orders that all persons held in detention centres should be allowed to meet their relatives within a week. Published 26 Oct, 2017 03:20pm
'Missing' journalist Zeenat Shahzadi recovered after more than 2 years Shahzadi was on the trail of an Indian national who had gone missing in Pakistan when she disappeared in Aug 2015. Updated 21 Oct, 2017 06:06pm
