The release orders for two men have been sent by an anti-terrorism court after police recommended cancellation of a ‘fake’ case pertaining to the collection of funds for the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.
According to a local media report, the Counter-Terrorism Department registered a case during their ‘enforced disappearance’.
On June 24, the two men — Dr Abdul Rehman, who was then serving at the Civil Hospital Karachi, and Malik Rizwan — were detained by the CTD on charges of collecting funds outside a mosque in Gulshan-e-Iqbal.
The judge conducting the trial in the judicial complex inside the central prison had approved the Final Investigation Report submitted by the investigating officer of the case for “cancellation of the ‘false’ FIR against them”.
The judge concluded that “the memos of arrest and recovery have shown by the CTD were highly doubtful as both the suspects had been framed in the case while they were allegedly confined by a law enforcement agency for around two years without any charge”.
The court further noted that the detained men’s families had petitioned the Sindh High Court regarding their enforced disappearance.
As per a report submitted to the court, it also claimed recovery of funds collection book’s receipts — from serial number 7,051 to 7,100 — and Rs150 cash was seized from Rizwan. Similarly, it also showed recovery of the receipts — from serial number 7,151 to 7,200 — of the donation book of the TTP along with Rs200 cash from Dr Rehman.
