Recover missing persons in Balochistan in 2 weeks: Pak SC

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Press Trust of India Islamabad
Last Updated : Aug 27 2013 | 2:15 PM IST
Pakistan's Supreme Court today gave the Frontier Corps, police and intelligence agencies two weeks to recover the missing persons in the restive Balochistan province.
Appearing before the court, the Attorney General said that immediate action will be taken to solve the missing persons case.
Those Frontier Corps personnel whose names will be raised in this case will be investigated by the Crime Investigation Department.
Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry said that solid evidence relating to the missing persons case was found against the Frontier Corps and other security institutions, Express News reported.
The Chief Justice had yesterday asked the Inspector General Frontier Corps Major General Shahid Ijaz, police and secret agencies to recover the missing persons by today.
He had also said that missing persons in Frontier Corps custody be presented before the court as well.
The IG FC had claimed that the cases pertaining to missing persons are complicated.
In response, the Chief Justice had stated that not all cases are complicated.
The case was heard at the Quetta Registry of the Supreme Court.
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First Published: Aug 27 2013 | 2:15 PM IST

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