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| Missing prisoners of Adiala Jail |
| 2010-11-13 |
| [Pak Daily Times] The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to the heads of intelligence agencies seeking their explanation over 11 missing prisoners of the Adiala Jail, allegedly kidnapped by the intelligence agencies. A three-member bench of the Supreme Court consisting of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Tariq Parvez and Justice Ghulam Rabbani issued notices to the heads of the Inter-Services Intelligence, Military Intelligence and the Intelligence Bureau. Attorney General Maulvi Anwarul Haq apprised the court that he had approached the authorities concerned but they had denied having any information about the whereabouts of the missing prisoners. He said that some officials concerned of the intelligence agencies wanted to meet the CJ in his chamber to share some information on the issue. The court rejected it and directed him to himself meet them and inform the court about the information. The court said it was not appropriate for judges to meet them in chambers and observed that everyone should respect the court and avoid disharmony. Later, the court adjourned the hearing until November 25. The prisoners who went missing from the Adiala Jail after the Lahore High Court (LHC) had ordered their release include Dr Niaz Ahmed, Mazharul Haq, Shafiqur Rehman, Muhammad Aamir, Abdul Majid, Abdul Basit, Abdul Saboor, Shafique Ahmed, Said Arab, Gul Roze and Tehseenullah. These prisoners were acquitted by an Anti-Terrorism Court in April in four different cases, including rocket firing on the Pakistain Aeronautical Complex, Kamra, rocket firing on the plane of former president Pervez PervMusharraf, suicide kaboom on the bus of personnel of an intelligence agency in Rawalpindi and the suicide kaboom on the main entrance of the military headquarters. Even after acquittal, these prisoners were nabbed in the jail by the Punjab Home Department. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Expect an assault by 'militants' on the Pak Supreme Court by the end of the year. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2010-11-13 13:36 |