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The Senate's Standing Committee on Human Rights on Thursday expressed severe concerns over the issue of missing persons and said that those responsible were yet to be identified.
Senator Nasreen Jalil, who was chairing a meeting of the committee, asked who was behind the disappearances of people.
"People were gone missing but still those responsible have not been identified, " she noted, adding that it was a matter of grave concern.
It is also condemnable that registration of the First Information Reports in such cases is often denied, she said.
"The issue of missing persons is still ongoing in the country as another list of 131 missing persons has surfaced," she added.
Senator Farhatullah Babar said that according to international laws, a country was bound to protect the rights of people living there. He, however, confessed that as a state they have failed to ensure the provision of human rights to people.
Referring to the violations of human rights in Punjab, Senator Mir Kabeer said that more than 100 labourers in Mandi Bahahuddin had sold their kidneys to pay back loans their parents took.
Senator Nisar Mohammad Khan also expressed concerns over violations of the rights of children and women.
In an earlier meeting, the committee had held law enforcement agencies responsible for the 'disappearing' of people.
Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court too had called for a detailed report on all missing persons detained at all government facilities.
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ILLEGAL SEARCH AND SEIZURE "The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution: Prohibits Unreasonable Searches and Seizures (Of Property). It requires governmental searches and seizures to be conducted only upon issuance of a warrant (By A Judge), judicially sanctioned by probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, particularly describing the place to be searched and (The People) or things to be seized. --- Under the Fourth Amendment, search and seizure (Including Arrest) should be limited in scope according to specific information (Supplied to the Issuing Court), usually by a law enforcement officer who has sworn by it. Fourth Amendment case law deals with three central questions: what government activities constitute "search" and "seizure"; what constitutes probable cause for these actions; and how violations of Fourth Amendment rights should be addressed."
Pakistan's 'enforced disappearances' now becoming an international issue.
Not just concern but take constructive steps. Imagin what families of the disappeared people must be feeling at this moment?
Who listens to the poor, ineffectual senators? They might as well all resign and go home.
ILLEGAL SEARCH AND SEIZURE "The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution: Prohibits Unreasonable Searches and Seizures (Of Property). It requires governmental searches and seizures to be conducted only upon issuance of a warrant (By A Judge), judicially sanctioned by probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, particularly describing the place to be searched and (The People) or things to be seized. --- Under the Fourth Amendment, search and seizure (Including Arrest) should be limited in scope according to specific information (Supplied to the Issuing Court), usually by a law enforcement officer who has sworn by it. Fourth Amendment case law deals with three central questions: what government activities constitute "search" and "seizure"; what constitutes probable cause for these actions; and how violations of Fourth Amendment rights should be addressed."
Is Aafia Siddiqui in the list?
People have a right to be secure in their houses and the due process of law. When somebody gets disappeared from a house by a "knock and whisk" method that person's fundamental rights gets trampled. It is our civic duty to stand up for the rights of the people who get disappeared. I applaud Senator Nasreen Jalil's voice for the rights of the disappeared people. More Parliamentarians should join Senator Nasreen Jalil in her efforts to secure the recovery of those who have been disappeared.