As Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani of the IHC heard the case of the missing Baloch students, he gave directives.
The IHC judge said, “The caretaker prime minister should appear before the court instead of traveling to Karachi for the next hearing.”
He declared, “Nobody is above the law here.”
Justice Kayani, an IHC judge, also asked questions concerning the interior and defense secretaries, as well as other caretaker ministries.
A three-person committee was also established by the court, and the hearings were postponed until February 28.
The Caretaker Prime Minister was summoned in a four-page written order by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) a day earlier in relation to the matter of the missing Baloch students.
During the case hearing, Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani stated that anyone proven to have participated in forced disappearances ought to get a double death sentence. “On Monday at 10:00 p.m., Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar ul Haq should personally appear before the court and explain to the bench why a case should not be filed against him,” Justice Kayani said.
Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani responded to the Assistant Attorney General’s request for an extension of the hearing by saying, “I am showing leniency that both DGs are not being summoned.”
One of the 12 missing kids has also been found, according to testimony given by AAG Usman Ghumman in court earlier. He added that the Attorney General was not in the office today to request a case postponement.
But the motion from the state attorney was denied by the court.
In a previous hearing, the IHC had given the federal government till today, February 13, to retrieve the missing Baloch kids.
The court also requested a final report from all Baloch missing people about their return to their homes in a written order.
“At this time, the court is not requesting under oath comments from the security institution, the interior and defense secretaries, or the prime minister. The court order said that oaths would be required and legal action would be taken if the missing people were not found.
A list of the Baloch students who were missing due to forced disappearances was presented by the attorney general. The outstanding cases of 12 Baloch missing students were brought before the court.
The federal government gave the court the assurance that no one would ever again be abducted or forced to disappear.
The decree said that the AG has guaranteed the recovery of all missing persons, regardless of the cost, and that anyone participating in criminal acts would face legal action.
“These declarations and deeds are encouraging signs for Pakistan’s improved future, which will bring justice to the Baloch families who have been grieving for their missing loved ones for a number of years,” the court declared.
In accordance with the court ruling, the attorney general was also tasked with investigating the disappearance of Sammi Deen Baloch’s father, who has been absent for more than ten years, in order to get information about his whereabouts from governmental institutions.
