ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday resumed its hearing of the missing persons case during which Additional Attorney General Tariq Khokhar informed the court that a witness, Imran Munir, had agreed to record his statements regarding the disappearance of Masood Janjua, DawnNews reported.

During the hearing, an email by Imran Munir was read out by the additional attorney general in the court in which the witness stated that he did not wish to return to Pakistan.

Moreover, Khokar notified the court that Munir had surrendered his passport when seeking asylum in Sri Lanka under the UN charter.

The AAG further told the court that SP Potohar Division, Haroon Joya, was sent to Sri Lanka in order to record a statement.

Munir had said he would not record his statement before anyone except the Supreme Court and suggested that the court could record his statement through a video link.

The court inquired from the Additional AG whether the facility to record the statement via a video link was available and instructed him to inform the court on that.

The court subsequently adjourned the hearing of the case for break until 1 o’clock.

Earlier on Feb 8, the inquiry commission on enforced disappearances had informed the Supreme Court that Janjua's case did not fall within its domain.

The court had referred the case of Masood Janjua on October 12 last year, missing for a long time, to the commission headed by retired SC judge Javed Iqbal on the grounds that it had more time to deeply go into controversies. Amina, the wife of Janjua, insists that her husband is alive but detained in a safe house or special premises.

Meanwhile, Dr Imran Munir, who was recovered on the court’s intervention, had deposed before the commission on October 5, 2009 that he had seen Janjua in an ISI cell and that at the time Brig Masood Saeed Shah and Col Jehangir were in touch with Janjua.