ISLAMABAD: The Kohsar police have not been able to locate former Multan High Court Bar Association vice president Mohammad Yasis Naveed, who disappeared more than a week ago.

The police have also expressed confusion regarding the incident, which was reported to have taken place at around 10:30pm even though Mr Naveed’s mobile phone call detail record (CDR) stopped working at 4pm.

Mr Naveed’s wife Anam Yasis, who is also the complainant in the FIR regarding his disappearance, told Dawn she and her husband were visiting Islamabad on Aug 6 and stayed at a local hotel.

She said that on Aug 7, her husband stopped the car near a hospital in Blue Area and said he would be back in a while and she should wait for him. She said she waited for hours, but he did not return.

“I tried to call him, but his phone was switched off. I informed my relatives initially, and then told the police that my husband was missing,” she said.

“Although the police registered an FIR, they have failed to trace my husband even after several days. I got a call from the Islamabad police on Aug 18 asked if I had any information about my husband, and I told them I had expected that the police would be finding him,” she added.

Tahir Zaidi, a relative of Mr Naveed’s, told Dawn that the police did not have a clue as to his whereabouts.

“Naveed is 36-years-old and the father of three children. His wife is a housewife, and the family has never faced such a problem before. We have no enmity with anyone,” he said.

The investigating officer, Nasrullah, said the case puzzled him as well.

“Mr Naveed’s wife says her husband went to meet someone at 10:30pm, but the CDR stopped at 4pm. Moreover, the CDR from the wife’s mobile phone shows that she was at the hotel at 8pm.

The family is not providing details of where they went shopping and where they spent the whole day. They are not saying who he went to meet,” he said.

To a question, the officer said he had contacted shops near the hospital in question and watched CCTV footage, but found nothing.

“The family is not even ready to tell us the exact place where they parked. However, I have been trying to find out who called Mr Naveed the day he went missing,” he said.

Published in Dawn, August 19th, 2019