ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) directed the authorities concerned to recover and produce of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shahbaz Gill’s brother within two days.
The IHC bench headed by Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz issued a written of the hearing. The order read that the Assistant Attorney General informed that the Secretary of Defense’s report was not received due to holidays.
“The Secretary of Defense’s attitude is non-serious and slow, which is regrettable,” the order read.
The IHC ruled that the ‘regrettable’ attitude of the Secretary of Defense came amid the life of a missing citizen is in danger. The court ordered that Shahbaz Gill’s brother be recovered and produced before it by August 2. Separately, the IHC sought details of the expenses of the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances. Justice Tariq Mahmood Jahangiri asked if the Commission had taken action against even a low-ranking officer.
IHC’s Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kiyani asked if the Commission had taken action against any officer involved in enforced disappearances. –Agencies
