The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday directed Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani to initiate court martial proceedings against the officials of secret agencies allegedly involved in the forced disappearances of people. The instructions came during the hearing of the missing persons’ case. PHC Chief Justice Dost Muhammad Khan was hearing the case. During the hearing a youth, Abdul Hassan, who had gone missing six months ago, told the court that he had been detained for four months and was abandoned in Risalpur on March 22. “It seems that secret agencies are involved in the disappearance of youth, and army chief should order an investigation and court martial proceedings against the officers responsible,” the chief justice remarked. Online