CJ is busy in bashing PPP only he has no time for missing persons case and ISI corrupting anti-PPP politicians. I hope that at least one of the important cases other than PPP bashing he will decide before his retirement.
Eid brings more sorrows for families of missing persons | DAWN.COM
PESHAWAR, Aug 22: The Eidul Fitr festival brought more sorrows for the families of hundreds of missing persons of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and tribal areas who have been passing through agonies since their near and dear ones had disappeared. Family members of several of the missing persons said that they had nothing to rejoice on this auspicious occasion of Eid as their miseries were far from over.
“How can I celebrate Eid when my son has been missing for last over three years,” said Khan Said whose son Noor Said was allegedly picked by intelligence agencies from Haji Camp area on June 20, 2009, and his whereabouts were still not known.
“It further aggravates my pain when my three grandchildren ask me about whereabouts of their father and when he will return,” Mr Khan said, adding that his missing son was a poor rickshaw driver and had done nothing wrong.
He said that they had shifted from Hangu to Peshawar due to personal enmity. He claimed that another person named Ahmad was also picked along with his son, but he was released after nine months. He said that on the orders of Peshawar High Court an FIR was registered at Paharipura police station, but the police officials were mostly sacred to investigate cases against intelligence agencies.
Mr Khan has now filed another application before the high court which would be taken up for hearing on Sept 12.
Stories of family members of missing persons are almost identical. They are now regular visitors to the high court where over 200 habeas corpus petitions related to missing persons are pending.
“We have regularly been visiting the high court and an FIR was also registered at Mandani police station in Charssada, but still there is no development in our case,” said Ajmir Gul, brother-in-law of another alleged detainee Shah Khan, a resident of Charsadda. Shah Khan was allegedly taken into custody on Harichand Road on July 16, 2010.
He said that the poor detainee had three wives and 14 children who had now been passing through hard times. “His wives and children have now been living with different relatives and his minor sons are doing labour work so as to make both ends meet,” he said.
Mr Gul added that on Eid day the detainee’s children were asking “daji ba kala razi” (when the daddy will come) and he had no reply. He said that the detainee was a skilled mason and painter and used to work in Kahuta Research Laboratories. However, he said that few years ago his brother was killed by their rivals following which he left that job and started living at his village.
A joint petition was filed by sister of the alleged detainee, Mehr Taja, and one of his wives, Shaheena, before the high court praying for his early recovery.
“In the absence of my son how can I celebrate Eid when I am not sure whether he is dead or alive,” said Ms Mahtaba, whose son Naeem Khan, a 7th grade student at a private school, was allegedly taken away by local police at Angoor Korona area on April 29, 2011, and since then he had been missing.
She said that her son was 13. She added that a soldier was killed in their area following which the police picked up her son and two other villagers, Noor Khan and Fida. She said that the other two persons were later released.
Father of the detainee, Khalilullah, who works as labourer in a Gulf country, had returned to work after whereabouts of his son could not be traced. Now, Ms Mahtaba has been looking after the case of her son and is a regular visitor to the high court.