KARACHI: The Sindh High Court was informed on Thursday that two missing social media activists of the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf had returned safely to their homes.

Last week, three petitions were filed in the SHC seeking whereabouts of Mohammad Arshad Siddiqui, head of the PTI’s social media team Karachi, and two social media activists — Fahad Jamal Siddiqui and Mudassir Rehman — and the court had issued notices to respondents for Thursday.

When a two-judge bench headed by Justice Naimatullah Phulpoto took up the petitions for hearing on Thursday, the counsel for the petitioners informed the court that Mr Siddiqui and Mr Rehman had reached their homes.

The bench ruled that both the petitions seeking their recovery had become infructuous and disposed of accordingly.

Petitioner states whereabouts of third activist Fahad Jamal still not known

About the third petition seeking recovery of Fahad, the Aziz Bhatti SHO appeared before the bench and undertook that as soon as the petitioner appeared before him at the police station he would record her statement and lodge an FIR if a cognizable offence was made out.

He said he would investigate the case in accordance with law.

The petitioner submitted that Fahad was picked up from his house located within the remit of the Aziz Bhatti police station on the night between March 27 and March 28.

The same bench had also issued notices to the respondents a few days ago on yet another identical petition seeking whereabouts of the fourth member of PTI’s social media team.

On March 31, Mohammad Salman Khan had gone to the Karachi Press Club to attend a protest of the PTI. He went missing after attending the demonstration.

Published in Dawn, April 7th, 2023