RECORDER REPORT

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday expressed its strong displeasure over lethargic attitude of police in the cases relating to missing persons. The court also observed police officials were making fun of the courts.

Justice Aftab Ahmed Gorar, one of the members of the bench hearing bunch of petitions filed for the recovery of several missing people, remarked that in these cases a similar type of comments are submitted before the court with slight amendments.

The court was informed by a lawyer that his son Noor Muhammad had been missing for last five years. He apprehended his son would have been whisked away by a team led by former SSP Malir Rao Anwar. The investigating officer told the judges that letters had been written to all concerned institutions to trace the missing son of the lawyer but when the court asked him to submit the copies of those letters, he regretted that he forgot to bring the copies of those letters.

The court has sought progress report from all concerned departments and put off the hearing till April 26.