Supreme Court (SC) Justice Nasirul Mulk on Monday said that they wanted to recover the missing persons.
He also said that issuing warnings merely to intelligence agencies would lead to nothing.
He gave these remarks while heading a three-member bench during the course of hearing of Hafiz Jamil’s case.
Defence Secretary Asif Yasin and Additional Attorney General (AAG) Tariq Khokhar told the court that a special meeting had been held in the Defence Ministry. The meeting lasted for four hours and it was attended by senior officials of the intelligence agencies.
“I, being the defence secretary, have warned them that disciplinary action will be initiated against them if missing persons are not recovered,” he added.
The court asked about Jamil. The secretary said 20 of 43 detention centres have been reviewed and Jamil was not there. Two weeks would be needed to review the remaining internment centres, he added.
The court said, “We cannot give two weeks. We are going to hear case of Balochistan missing persons’ case on February 20 and we fix Hafiz Jamil case with Balochistan missing persons’ case for hearing. You should also convene the meeting, work out reply and file it in the court.”
The secretary said Balochistan and KP cases are different from this case and this case be heard from them separately.
The court remarked this case will also be heard on February 20. Khokhar told the court that the missing youth has not been traced so far.
