Islamabad: In the case against missing persons and enforced disappearances, Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Isa remarked on the arguments of lawyer Shoaib Shaheen that if you want to politicize the issue, then it is There is no forum.
A 3-member bench headed by Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Isa conducted the hearing, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Musrat Hilali are also part of the bench. When the hearing of the case against missing persons and forced disappearances started, petitioner Khushdil Khan Malik said that the court should order the government to enact legislation related to forced disappearances.
Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar said that a commission related to forced disappearances has been formed, on which the Chief Justice asked which commission has been formed? The petitioner argued that the Missing Persons Commission was formed under the chairmanship of Justice R. Javed Iqbal, but it has not done anything so far. The court should notice the government and ask why it has not enacted legislation regarding the missing persons for 50 years.
The Chief Justice of Pakistan remarked that how can the court order the Parliament to enact such and such legislation? Which Article of the Constitution allows the Court to order the Parliament to legislate? Every organization should stay within its limits. Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar made it clear that the court does not have the power to legislate, it can only declare the law null and void. When Aitzaz Ahsan’s lawyer Shoaib Shaheen came to the rostrum, the Chief Justice said that he is not Aitzaz Ahsan’s lawyer, to which Shoaib Shaheen said that Latif Khosa’s son is under arrest, so I have been given a power of attorney. were done. The Chief Justice of Pakistan remarked that he is hearing the petitions by dismissing the objections as it is a matter of public interest, something happened in my absence and I have fixed these petitions for hearing as soon as I return. Concerns expressed. Lawyer Shoaib Shaheen said that the point of disappearance of people and then appearing in a way was raised, the court asked what do you want us to do, tell us your request. The lawyer said that the Commission on Missing Persons could not and could not do its work. The Chief Justice remarked that when this commission belongs to and whose government was there, Shoaib Shaheen said that the commission was formed in 2011 during the PPP government. The Chief Justice remarked that Aitzazahsan wants to suspend the notification of his own government. Shoaib Shaheen said that according to the commission’s report, 2200 people are still missing. Justice Mian Muhammad Ali Mazhar said in his remarks that the report also states how many people were recovered. The Chief Justice remarked that Aitzaz Ahsan himself was a minister in the PPP government, to which Shoaib Shaheen said that he was probably not a minister when the commission was formed. The Chief Justice asked whether Aitzaz Ahsan is still in the PPP. Shoaib Shaheen said that yes, he is still in PPP. Shoaib Shaheen also raised the issue of disappearances of Sheikh Rasheed, Sadaqat Abbasi and others. The Chief Justice remarked that have all these people themselves become petitioners before us? Are these all people who do not have the means to come to court? If you want to politicize this issue, then this is not the forum. The person who can bring a review in the sit-in case can’t file his own case, Sheikh Rashid should say tomorrow, he has no problem. Shoaib Shaheen, who is taking my name? How many times has Sheikh Rashid himself been a minister? Would you place Sheikh Rasheed in the category of innocent people? The Chief Justice remarked that he left PTI if he was sad about this. Shall we tell them to come back to PTI? Either someone has been raised in front of Aitzaz Ahsan, then he should speak or someone himself comes and says that I was kidnapped, so let us listen, how can you speak in their place? Shoaib Shaheen are you their witness? Shoaib Shaheen said that the whole of Pakistan is a witness, on which the Chief Justice said that you should not speak such dialogues, you mentioned only one party’s people, they all left our party, we have no solution. We want to take this matter very seriously. Shoaib Shaheen said that we have also raised the issue of Baloch missing persons in the application. The Chief Justice remarked that we will not allow the court to be used for political purposes, if you make fun of us, we will not allow it. Who is Mohammad Khan Bhatti? And what about you? Shoaib Shaheen said that earlier they were missing and now they will be produced, the Chief Justice remarked that from which mouth are you talking about this? Cannot allow political point scoring. Shoaib Shaheen said that Shireen Mazari presented a bill on this matter which disappeared. The Chief Justice inquired whether Shireen Mazari resigned on this issue. The Chief Justice remarked that the problem is that when everyone is in office, no one takes responsibility. Did the bill disappear from the Senate? Who is the chairman senate who was made by whose vote? Shoaib Shaheen said that Sadiq Sanjrani became the chairman of the Senate by the vote of the senators. Shoaib Shaheen said that he became the chairman senate with the alliance of PPP and PTI. The Chief Justice remarked that the Chairman Senate, elected by the vote of your party, lost your bill, did you request his removal? You made a serious allegation on the Chairman Senate. Shoaib Shaheen said that I did not make any request on this matter in the application, this whole incident is written as a background. The Chief Justice said in his remarks that if you mentioned the disappearance of the bill, then make Sadiq Sanjrani a party. It’s gone, show us that bill and give it to us. Shoaib Shaheen told that I don’t have that bill, on which the Chief Justice said that we have printed that bill from here and this bill belonged to Sheikh Rashid Ahmed. The Chief Justice said that you also mentioned Imran Riaz, who is this? Is Imran Riaz still missing? He is not missing now, but when he returned home, the situation was different. Isn’t Imran Riaz influential? Wasn’t Muti Allah’s life abducted? Why are you not including the names of Matiullah Jan and Asad Toor, you are taking the names of people who do not stand on the fact that they were abducted while Matiullah Jan and Asad Toor did not say that they went to the northern areas. . Shoaib Shaheen said that I appeared in the case of Mutiullah Jan. The Chief Justice remarked that before all this happened, we were running the case with notice, but at that time the case was not allowed to proceed, you would have written the names of all the journalists without any discrimination. Shoaib Shaheen argued that if I speak in 2023, I will mention only those who are being picked up, not those who are getting protocol. The Chief Justice inquired whether you have put a list of who has been missing since when? You said that what the Prime Minister said about the disappearance of 50 people is wrong, if you had given a list with dates, we would have seen whose government was then, maybe your government would have been included in it. The Chief Justice asked who is the head of the missing persons commission? Shoaib Shaheen said that Justice R. Javed Iqbal is the head of the commission. The Chief Justice remarked whether you are satisfied with Javed Iqbal or want to change it. Shoaib Shaheen said that I want a new commission of international standards to be formed, on which the Chief Justice asked whether your government replaced Javed Iqbal. Shoaib Shaheen said that Javed Iqbal was not replaced by any government. The Chief Justice said that you cannot take responsibility? The lawyer said that I cannot take responsibility for this matter, the case can be dismissed. The Chief Justice remarked that the cases will not be dismissed now, we will find a solution to this problem, Shoaib Shaheen said that God willing, this is what we want. The Chief Justice remarked that Pakistan belongs to all of us, we have to fix things together, pointing fingers at each other does not reduce hatred, it is too much, a minister cannot protect his bill, how will they protect the missing persons? ? Sadiq Sanjrani’s first election and lack of confidence were also mentioned in the court. The Chief Justice remarked how the no-confidence motion had failed, did the votes also go missing, is this a case of missing persons or will the missing things also come, the bill also went missing and the votes also went missing, you said at the same time. He had also made his chairman Senate. Shoaib Shaheen said that we do not have a chairman, may Allah bless him. The Chief Justice remarked that we can only hold the caretaker government responsible for the people who went missing during their tenure, we want to solve the problem of missing persons once and for all. They go with jihadi organizations, it also does not happen anywhere in the world to join organizations, you know people have been killed, judges have been killed, you know Noor Muhammad Maskanzai, who is the chief justice of two courts. was killed. The hearing was adjourned till 11:30 pm tomorrow.
