ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Fourteen missing persons reached Supreme Court premises amid tight security on Saturday.
Additional Defense Secretary said that all of the fourteen missing persons were located and brought today to court. He said all of them were living a free life, adding that their identities were kept confidential due to security reasons.
An in-camera hearing of Supreme Court will be held shortly where statements of missing persons will be recorded.
The undeclared detainees arrived in two cars with faces being covered to hide their identities.
Earlier on Friday, the Supreme Court ordered Defense Minister Khawaja Asif to produce 14 of the 35 missing persons before the court on Saturday.
The court expressed dissatisfaction over the report submitted by Khawaja Asif. According to report, Khawaja Asif said that not even a single missing person was under the custody of army, adding that there were different categories. Missing persons were detained in internment centers, he added.
Mr Asif said two persons out of 35 died in custody due to natural causes while two were in internment centre. Eight undeclared detainees were in Afghanistan while three were residing in North Waziristan.
Seven others could be produced before the court but they cannot be categorized as missing persons, he added.
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