The government of Pakistan has announced plans to reconstitute the parliamentary committee on missing persons. The committee, which was formed by the previous government, will include representatives from various political parties and will work towards finding a political solution alongside adopting legal remedies.
The law minister, Azam Nazeer Tarar, said that the issue of missing persons was a longstanding one and could not be resolved overnight. He also criticized the negative propaganda run on social media regarding the missing persons and said that some individuals listed among missing persons were found involved in terror incidents.
The information minister, Attaullah Tarar, said that the Supreme Court had formed an inquiry commission about missing persons in 2011, which had sorted out 7,900 cases out of 10,023 cases. He added that a cabinet committee had been constituted on the issue and it would present proposals for the solution of the matter.
The government is committed to resolving the issue of missing persons and has urged all stakeholders to find a political solution alongside adopting legal remedies. The reconstitution of the parliamentary committee is a step in the right direction and will hopefully lead to a resolution of this longstanding issue.
