The Sindh High Court (SHC) has directed the provincial child protection authority to ensure the recovery of children who went missing from different parts of the city.
The direction came on two identical petitions seeking the recovery of a girl and a boy who disappeared from Landhi and Sherpao Colony areas respectively.
A petitioner, Abdul Haleem, submitted that his daughter had been missing since April 7, 2011, and there was no clue of her whereabouts.
The other petitioner, Shakeel Ahmed, sought recovery of his 12-year-old son Mohammad Talha who had been missing since January 24, 2024, from Sherpao Colony.
The high court directed the investigation officers to appear before the court along with progress reports and directed the child protection authority to ensure the missing children’s recovery.
In another petitions with regard to the disappearance of citizens, the SHC directed the police to register cases against persons who were seen whisking the missing persons away in footage recorded by close-circuit cameras.
A petitioner submitted that missing persons Naqeebullah and Abdul Shakoor were apprehended by armed persons as per camera footage in the Malir area but no action had been taken against those persons.
The SHC directed the police to register a case against the persons who were seen in the CCTV footage. The bench directed the investigation officer to submit a progress report on the next date of hearing.
Published in News Daily on 04-Novemeber-2024.