By IANS,
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Supreme Court Wednesday restrained the intelligence agencies from making direct arrests and asked them to approach the respective police stations for this.
The court also directed interior ministry to set up an information cell to facilitate the family members of missing persons, Online news agency reported.
The directives were issued by a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry during the course of a hearing relating to a woman named Najma Sana, who was previously reported to be missing.
Deputy Attorney General Shah Khawar told the court that the police had brought Sana to the court. The police informed the court that the intelligence agencies had arrested her Dec 6 for investigation but she had not been informed about the charges against her.
However, the woman had been released after the court took suo motu notice of her case, the police said.
An anguished Sana told the court: “Let me know of what country I am a citizen and who were those who had lifted me. I was so much humiliated that I had become ready to accept all offences including 9/11. Please provide me justice.”
During the hearing, judge Ghulam Rabbani remarked that the operations being conducted by the intelligence agencies were bringing bad name to the country, adding that this state of affairs should be addressed.
The court directed Islamabad’s Inspector General of Police Kalim Imam to ensure Sana’s return to her home and provide her protection.