Supreme Court of Pakistan while adjourning the case of missing persons
till tomorrow (Wednesday) has summoned the secretaries of interior and
defence to appear before the court for explaining the status of Masood
Ahmed Janjua and Faisal Faraz.
Two member bench of the apex court headed by Justice Javed Iqbal and
comprising Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan heard the petition of Amina
Masood Janjua and Zenab Bibi, in which they rejected the government
claim that Masood Janjua and Faisal Faraz were allegedly killed by
al-Qaeda six years ago.
During the hearing of the case Justice Javed Iqbal in his remarks
said that no one is above the law, adding that the court has the
authority to call anyone in the court.
Amian Masood during the hearing said that Chief Justice Iftikhar
Muhammad Chaudhry had taken the suo moto notice of her husband’s
disappearance in 2005 but after passing five years she has nothing
achieved instead of repeated hearings in the court.
She said that her husband is being kept at the Westrige area of
Rawalpindi by the personnel of spy agencies, adding that her husband is
alive, adding that it might be possible that the security agencies have
shifted her husband to another place.
On this Justice Javed Iqbal while condoling, Amina Masood said that
you have seen a lot of hardships in recent years, as life is not bed of
roses.
Justice Javed Iqbal said that the court would not announce its
verdict until it could not know about the point of view of secretaries
of interior and defence ministries.
During the recent hearing of the missing persons case it was
disclosed by the Additional Attorney General KK Agha in the court that
Masood Janjau and Faisla Faraz had been killed by the al-Qaeda six
years ago; meanwhile the claim was rejected by Amina Masood Janjua
saying that both persons were alive and were in the custody of the
secret agencies
SC directed Interior Secretary Khwaja Sadiq Akbar and Defense
Secretary Gen (retd) Syed Athar Ali to appear in the court during the
next hearing of the case, which would be held tomorrow (Wednesday) in
the chamber of the Justice Javed Iqbal. SANA
