By NNN-APP
Islamabad : The Pakistani Supreme Court on Friday directed Interior Secretary Sayed Kamal Shah to trace missing persons of Lal Masjid and Jamia Hafsa operation and submit a comprehensive report at the next hearing on Aug 28.
The court also directed him to personally look into all related issues, meet the concerned people and regularly assist the court during the future hearings.
A four-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry heard the case. It included Justice Sardar Raza Mohammad Khan, Justice Faqir Mohammad Khokhar and Justice M Javed Buttar.
During the proceedings the Chief Justice asked the Deputy Commissioner Islamabad Chaudhry Mohammad Ali to explain why Jamia Hafsa building was demolished. He observed that this might have been done to remove all evidence about the incident.
The CJ told the deputy commissioner that he could face action if anything was proved against him regarding reported desecration of pages of holy Quran found in the debris.
The Chief Justice also observed that the concerned officials had not discharged their duties to redress complaints of parents and guardians of students following the Lal Masjid operation.
The CJ also criticized lapses on the part of the National Crisis Management Cell in the whole affair.
Deputy Attorney General Raja Irshad informed the court that the district administration had 30 unidentified bodies.
Irshad also told the court that Judge of Anti-Terrorism Court Rawalpindi, Sakhi Mohammad Kahut, was on leave and a judicial magistrate has been appointed to deal with the cases of those detained but the magistrate has not assumed the charge as yet.
The CJ directed that another judicial magistrate be appointed during the next 24 hours to hear the cases on daily basis. The CJ also directed District and Sessions Judge Islamabad to hear the bail applications immediately.
He observed that 90 percent of the accused fall in ‘grey category’ and hoped that they would be released soon.
Ghulam Mohammad apprised the court that his son had surrendered at the surrender point outside Lal Majid before the operation and his photograph was published in The Times magazine.
But, he complained, that now the district administration want a blood sample from him for DNA test and feared that his son might have been killed after his surrender.The Chief Justice directed the district administration to submit a reply in this connection at the next hearing.
A woman, Rehana Iftikhar, apprised the court that her son Nadeem Iftikhar was in the custody of Aabpara police station. She said her husband Mohammad Iftikhar visited the police station on July 20 but he never came back.
The court directed SSP Islamabad to trace person and give a report to the registrar office within seven days.
The bench also directed Secretary Interior to take action against the concerned police officials if Mohammad Iftikhar was not traced.
On another two complaints about handing over of the bodies to their heirs, the court directed Secretary Interior to ensure that the needful was done.
SSP Islamabad was directed to provide security to three female students who appeared before the court for a second time in one week and complained about harassment.