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SC seeks record of missing persons proceedings
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has sought the record of proceedings and legal justification of missing persons from the army and security agencies and put off the case till March 01, Geo News reported.A three-member bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, heard the case.
Authorities concerned produced missing prisoners before the apex court during hearing on Monday. The families of prisoners were also present in the courtroom.
The Chief Justice expressed resentment on agencies counsel for not producing all the prisoners.
Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa told the court these prisoners were brought to Parachinar centre on January 26, adding that he did not know where these were prior to this.
Justice Khilji Arif in his remarks said was the detention of these people not the violation of article 10 of the constitution?
Courtesy www.geo.tv