Tag: missing persons

Missing persons, attacks on journalists are interlinked: Farhatullah

ISLAMABAD: Senator Farhatullah Babar said Monday that the phenomenon of missing persons, the Electronic Crimes Act and brutal attacks on journalists are links of...

SC orders Interior Ministry to give detailed report on ‘missing’ persons

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday ordered the Interior Ministry to provide a detailed report of all “missing” persons held at the government facilities...

PPP says govt helpless in missing persons’ issue

KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Senator Farhatullah Babar has said that the government is helpless in solving the issue of missing persons and Senate’s...

Senate body rejects bill seeking ban on child marriage

Committee seeks report on missing persons, knife attacks in Karachi ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Interior and Narcotics Control on Wednesday rejected the ‘Child Marriage...

Senate committee seeks report on missing persons, knife attacks in city

KARACHI: The Senate Standing Committee on Interior on Wednesday directed the Interior Ministry and Sindh Home Department to present its reports about the missing...

NAB chief vows to take all cases to logical conclusion

ISLAMABAD: Justice (r) Javed Iqbal, who officially assumed charge as the chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), on Wednesday said that all major...

Senate body to summon officials over missing Turkish family

  ISLAMABAD: The Senate Committee on Human Rights (HRs) on Thursday took up the issue of the disappeared Turkish family working for Pak-Turk Schools from Lahore and...

Justice denied in missing persons’ issue: HR activists

--Demand recovery of Punhal Sariyo in a presser KARACHI: Sindh Human Rights Defenders Network and Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (PILER) on Friday...

Seven missing persons reach home

KARACHI: Police told the ‘Missing PersonsCommission’ on Saturday that out of 31 missing persons from Karachi seven had reached their homes.The police officials submitted the report...

PPP criticises president over tribal areas reforms

Senator Babar asks govt to present FATA reforms package before parliament ‘Govt not able to prevent disappearances, trace detention centres due to lack...

Three human rights activists released in South Waziristan

PESHAWAR: In the wake of tremendous pressure through social media, political administration of South Waziristan Wednesday announced the release of three ‘human rights’ activists. All...

Whereabouts of missing rights activist remain a mystery

Dr Salman’s brother says, ‘Until we have some tangible evidence, one must not blame any institution’ Ch Nisar says efforts aimed at recovering...

UK, US statements on missing persons ‘extremely inappropriate’: Rabbani

Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani on Monday said the statements of US State Department and the British government about recent missing persons in Pakistan were inappropriate. “I...

SHC seeks Rangers, police and govt’s comments in missing persons cases

    The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday issued notices to the Sindh Rangers director general and Inspector General Sindh, directing them to submit their...

MQM submits list of missing party workers in SC

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Monday informed the Supreme Court that 100 of their workers have gone missing during the current year, as...

SC seeks reports from defence, interior ministries in missing persons’ case

The Supreme Court on Thursday sought a report from the defence and interior ministries before May 1st in a missing person’s case pending before...

SHC dissatisfied over police steps on recovery of missing persons

  Sindh High Court (SHC) has expressed dissatisfaction over police steps for recovery of five missing persons and issued notices to DG Rangers Sindh and...