Missing Persons
Lands inclusion for leading protests on Baloch missing persons; Bangladesh's Nahid Islam, Gazan food blogger Hamada Shaqoura also make cut.
Updated 02 Oct, 2024 11:13pm
PAKISTAN has been plagued with the ulcer of missing persons for decades now, leaving countless families in anguish...
Published 28 Sep, 2024 07:20am
Says contact lost since Aug 25, a day after Akram left Yasin Valley to cross Pak-Iran border to reach Italy illegally.
Updated 20 Sep, 2024 10:38am
Justice Babar Sattar issues notices to heads of ISI, MI, IB and FIA on petition seeking Faizan's recovery.
Updated 12 Sep, 2024 08:32am
Rally by family members of Jahanzeb Baloch and political activists converts into a sit-in.
Updated 09 Sep, 2024 10:22am
Omar Ayub suggests fact-finding mission be formed to address Balochistan's grievances.
Updated 05 Sep, 2024 08:58am
Directs him to contact ISI for recovery; Imaan Mazari says state is creating "hatred in people's hearts against itself".
Updated 04 Sep, 2024 07:15pm
In a land where enforced disappearances are buried in silence, women have found their voice through digital defiance.
Updated 03 Sep, 2024 01:03pm
HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad circuit bench of the Sindh High Court has issued a show-cause notice to defence secretary...
Published 02 Sep, 2024 07:46am
Says practice of enforced disappearances and extra-judicial killings have remained a particularly serious concern of the commission.
Updated 31 Aug, 2024 12:06pm
The nearly three-kilometre walk from Teen Talwar to Karachi Press Club was a microcosm of a larger movement growing nationwide.
Updated 31 Aug, 2024 01:00am
UN committee releases findings on country’s implementation of convention on racial discrimination.
Updated 24 Aug, 2024 10:58am
Plea claims "police officials and men with masked faces" took Aun from his Lahore apartment in early hours of August 15.
Updated 16 Aug, 2024 07:14pm
Justice Aurangzeb says the government needs to "sit down with the abductors" to resolve cases of enforced disappearances.
Updated 15 Aug, 2024 06:04pm
Abdul Hai's sister announces protest rally on Aug 20 if brother not recovered by Aug 16.
Updated 12 Aug, 2024 10:36am
Petitioner claims his brother, a Sindh University student, was picked up by LEAs almost four years ago.
Updated 10 Aug, 2024 11:55am
Demand implementation of judicial commission’s recommendations on 2016 Quetta suicide attack at hospital.
Updated 09 Aug, 2024 10:26am
Pakistan, Venezuela, Iran, UK, Iraq are among 182 states parties to the international convention.
Updated 09 Aug, 2024 10:40am
Lodge protest outside press club, say "all levels of torture crossed".
Published 03 Aug, 2024 08:46pm
• Law minister says this should not be considered ‘compensation’ • Says 1,000 cases to be prioritised on a‘first come, first
Published 03 Aug, 2024 06:43am
Law minister says package not "compensation" but meant to provide "legal and financial assistance"; 1,000 cases to be considered on priority basis.
Updated 02 Aug, 2024 07:49pm
IHC bench directs commission's registrar to provide comprehensive details on missing persons’ cases.
Published 31 Jul, 2024 05:29am
CM Bugti blames politicians, bureaucracy for ruining institutions.
Updated 27 Jul, 2024 12:13pm
Police officer says Asad Iqbal was released later; BYC claims several workers picked up from across Karachi ahead of Gwadar rally.
Published 26 Jul, 2024 07:55am
At the forefront of the movement against enforced disappearances are half-widows, unfortunate sisters and traumatised mothers.
Updated 24 Jul, 2024 12:37pm
IHC sets three-day deadline for recovery; judge remarks police responsible for tracing missing person.
Published 20 Jul, 2024 07:35am
A total of 10,285 cases received so far up till June 30 with 8,015 cases disposed of and 2,270 left.
Updated 02 Aug, 2024 04:55pm
Says family approached Sariab police station to file FIR for the postal services employee but no case registered so far.
Updated 30 Jun, 2024 10:26am
Haq Do Tehreek Chairman Hussain Wadila says families of "missing" persons have been protesting for many days even in hot weather.
Updated 24 Jun, 2024 09:41am
Justice Kayani hears plea seeking recovery of a Neelum valley resident who, petition says, went missing on June 7 from Islamabad.
Published 23 Jun, 2024 07:23am
