Other detention cases

The court also directed federal and provincial law officers, a joint investigation team and others to file comments on petitions against the detention of citizens allegedly by personnel of law enforcement agencies.

Meer Alam Khan, Syeda Lala Rukh, Jamil, Zaibun Nisa and Mohammad Raheem alleged that law enforcers had picked up Shahid Khan, Mohammad Farooq, Ghulam Ghous, Jamil and Mohammad Karim from Gulshan-e-Maymar, Saddar, Surjani Town and PIB Colony, and that the whereabouts of the detainees had not been disclosed.

They said that neither police were disclosing their whereabouts nor were they being provided with details of cases pending against them.

They sought appearance of the detainees before the court. 

The court directed the provincial and federal law enforcement agencies, the Sindh police chief and the Rangers to trace the whereabouts of the detainees and submit reports within two weeks.

It also directed the Malir SSP to look into the alleged detention of three citizens by personnel of law enforcement agencies. 

Gohar Rehman submitted that his brother, Naveed Iqbal, and two other relatives, Raheemullah and Bilal, were picked up on December 3, 2014, from the Super Highway and their whereabouts were unknown.