ISLAMABAD:
Justice Riaz Ahmad Khan of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) here on Monday
summoned Director General (DG) of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)
directing him to appear before the court in the matter of a missing
person, Muhammad Arif.
Parveen Bibi, the wife of Muhammad Arif, a resident of Peshawar Road, Rawalpindi, had filed a petition with the court.The petitioner told the court that last month her husband, accompanied by three others, was going to condole the death of a friend with his bereaved family when all the four were allegedly picked up by the ISI officials.
The petitioner said that all the four were picked up from Khushab while the agency released two, keeping Arif and another person in their custody. The two released men later told their relatives that they were picked up by the ISI.
Citing Ministry of Interior and DG ISI as respondents, Perveen Bibi in February this year filed a habeas corpus petition for the recovery of her missing husband.On the first hearing of the petition, the same IHC bench had issued notices to the respondents and directed them to submit their reply.
It was during last week, when the IHC bench had directed the spy agency to trace the whereabouts of the missing person and intimate the court with directions to the DG ISI for deputing a responsible official who would apprise the court of the progress in this matter.
Taking up the matter here Monday, Justice Riaz Ahmad Khan was informed by a standing counsel, Raja Khalid, that the Interior Ministry was seeking six weeks time for submitting a report regarding the whereabouts of the missing, Arif. The IHC bench however dismissed the contention and observed that the matter was related to the liberty of a citizen.
As the ISI had not deputed an official in accordance with the IHC directives, IHC bench directed the DG ISI to appear in person on next date of hearing.
Separately in another matter, an IHC bench vacated a stay order against a Statutory Regulatory Order (SRO) permitting the employees of other provinces to serve in the federal secretariat. The officers of the Secretariat Group had petitioned against the SRO contending that the induction of officers from other provinces would affect their seniority. However, after hearing the arguments, the court rejected the petition and restored the SRO issued by the federal government.
Parveen Bibi, the wife of Muhammad Arif, a resident of Peshawar Road, Rawalpindi, had filed a petition with the court.The petitioner told the court that last month her husband, accompanied by three others, was going to condole the death of a friend with his bereaved family when all the four were allegedly picked up by the ISI officials.
The petitioner said that all the four were picked up from Khushab while the agency released two, keeping Arif and another person in their custody. The two released men later told their relatives that they were picked up by the ISI.
Citing Ministry of Interior and DG ISI as respondents, Perveen Bibi in February this year filed a habeas corpus petition for the recovery of her missing husband.On the first hearing of the petition, the same IHC bench had issued notices to the respondents and directed them to submit their reply.
It was during last week, when the IHC bench had directed the spy agency to trace the whereabouts of the missing person and intimate the court with directions to the DG ISI for deputing a responsible official who would apprise the court of the progress in this matter.
Taking up the matter here Monday, Justice Riaz Ahmad Khan was informed by a standing counsel, Raja Khalid, that the Interior Ministry was seeking six weeks time for submitting a report regarding the whereabouts of the missing, Arif. The IHC bench however dismissed the contention and observed that the matter was related to the liberty of a citizen.
As the ISI had not deputed an official in accordance with the IHC directives, IHC bench directed the DG ISI to appear in person on next date of hearing.
Separately in another matter, an IHC bench vacated a stay order against a Statutory Regulatory Order (SRO) permitting the employees of other provinces to serve in the federal secretariat. The officers of the Secretariat Group had petitioned against the SRO contending that the induction of officers from other provinces would affect their seniority. However, after hearing the arguments, the court rejected the petition and restored the SRO issued by the federal government.
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