Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday directed Interior Ministry secretary to ascertain whether a missing man, reportedly arrested by law enforcement agencies, was detained at Lukki Marwat Internment Center.
A division bench headed by Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar gave this direction on a petition filed by Zia Iqbal, who sought recovery of his brother Azhar Iqbal. The petitioner submitted that his brother was whisked away by law enforcers on May 7, 2011 from Gulzar-e-Hyderi area of the city and since then there was no clue about his whereabouts.
During the previous hearing, Zia had told the judges that he had learnt through the newspaper that his brother was detained at Lukki Marwat Internment Center, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. However, the news about his detention could not be verified. In order to ascertain if the petitioners’ brother was confined at Lukki Marwat Internment Center, the court ordered the federal law officer to seek the information from Interior Ministry and KP government in this regard and file a report.
When the matter came up for hearing on Wednesday, the federal law officer told the judges that he wrote several letters to Interior Ministry secretary and KP government, asking them to ascertain the facts but could get no response from them.
The court issued a notice to the Interior Ministry secretary for August 20 to either appear in person or depute his subordinate having acquaintance with case and affairs of the internment center to inform the court about detention of petitioner’s brother.
Meanwhile, the same bench directed DSP Shaukat Ali to file a report on efforts made by police to locate Arslan Masood Khan, who has been missing since December 2010. The petitioner Farhan Masood Khan told the judges that his son Arslan Masood Khan was kidnapped from home in Surjani Town on December 11, 2012 and has been missing since then.
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