The Peshawar High Court informed relatives of ‘missing’ persons
on May 16 that those detained in Federally
Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) will
be identified soon and their details
will be submitted to the court within
one week, reports The Express Tribune.
PHC Chief Justice Dost Muhammad Khan was informed by FATA
Additional Chief Secretary Tashfain
that a list of all those detained
in tribal areas will be prepared,
a copy of which will be given to the
court. “We can go beyond our frontiers
if you are unable to lay hands on
those people (abductors). We are under
constitutional obligation to set them
(detainees) free,” the PHC
CJ remarked. The court directed the
Judge Advocate General to release
‘white category’ militants (suspects
with no charges against them) within
15 days and also directed the provincial
police to refuse assistance to security
agencies in picking up people.
Meanwhile, Judge Advocate General Brigadier Nobahar told the
court that the number of missing persons
has sharply decreased and people were
being shifted to internment centres.
“Those innocent are being released
once they are de-radicalised and only
the black and grey category militants
are shifted to internment centres,
subject to information by the police
and joint investigation teams,” Nobahar
said.
Secretary Home and Tribal Affairs Department Muhammad Azam
Khan informed the court that around
1,039 detained persons were so far
released after they went through the
de-radicalisation process in different
internment centres. | 
