ISLAMABAD: The government has been given four days by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to locate fugitive poet Ahmed Farhad.
In order to allow the federal government to deploy available resources for Farhad’s recuperation, Attorney General for Pakistan Mansoor Usman Awan requested a four-day delay, which Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani granted.
A day earlier, the federal minister of law and justice called a news conference in response to the judge’s criticism of the executive branch and gave the investigating officer instructions to record an intelligence official’s comments.
Tuesday, when the case was up for hearing, Justice Kayani asked the investigating officer how things were going. In response, the officer said that although he had visited the intelligence agency’s office, the sector commander was not present. He stated that he had been informed by another officer that Farhad was not under their control. When the judge asked the investigating officer whether he had recorded the spy agency official’s statement in accordance with Section 161 of the Criminal Procedure Code, the officer answered negatively.
The judge ordered him to follow the Police Rules to the letter.
AGP Awan asked for a time extension during the hearing and gave the judge his word that the government will use all available resources to help him recover within the allotted period.
He was reminded by the judge that he had promised the IHC and the Supreme Court that nobody would disappear from Islamabad.
Imaan Mazari, the petitioner’s attorney, questioned the effectiveness of the spy services in light of their inability to locate the missing individuals. The magistrate expressed optimism that Farhad will return in a week or so.
The case’s next hearing has been postponed until Friday, May 24.
Baloch people who are missing
Judge Kayani had earlier stated that the court simply wanted lawmakers, judges, attorneys, journalists, and spies to follow the law when hearing the case of the Baloch missing persons.
When asked how many people had been detained, harassed, or gone missing during the previous ten years, AGP Awan said that a report on the subject was now being written.
“It would be good if the working procedures of intelligence agencies were clarified,” stated Justice Kayani. He mentioned that the FIA and police are legally authorized to conduct investigations, and intelligence services are authorized to support those investigations, according to a Dawn.com article.
Justice Kayani declared, “No Pakistani, journalists or lawmakers, is supporting terrorists.” “No one stops institutions from operating in compliance with the law.”
According to the AGP, the subject will not be settled until the political issue is resolved.
Thus, it is understood that politics have a role in this. Justice Kayani said, “We don’t want to ask outsiders to help us address the problem. “Mistakes occur, but one must grow from them and move on.”
The judge praised AGP Awan, pointing out that this was the case’s twenty-first hearing and that the attorney general’s “hard work” had resulted in the recovery of several missing kids.
Justice Kayani stated, “Several missing persons have now returned home as a result of his efforts.”
In response to Justice Kayani’s playful inquiry on where to get problem-solvers like AGP Awan, the attorney general said it was a tough subject to address.
