PM Kakar snubs IHC in missing Baloch students probe

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar confirmed that he would not appear before the Islamabad High Court (IHC) in a case pertaining to the missing Baloch students.

Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar ul Haq Kakar has been summoned by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on November 29 to personally appear before it in a case pertaining to the missing Baloch students. Defence, human rights, and interior ministers have also been asked to appear.

The court has also ordered the government to produce the 55 missing students as per the recommendations of the Baloch Enforced Disappearance Commission.

According to the court order, 69 Baloch students were subjected to racial profiling, harassed and forced disappearance. “According to the record some disappeared students were later returned to homes while 50 of them were still missing,” court order read.

“Prime Minister and Interior Minister, both from Balochistan, were failed to take any positive step. Even after 21 hearings absence of positive results is an insult of the constitution of Pakistan,” the order read.

“I will be abroad due to my participation in the COP 28. Obviously, as the prime minister, there are several commitments. Apart from this, we will ensure our representation in other relevant forums,” he told a private news channel.

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Caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti, in an interview, had also voiced his reservations against summoning the prime minister. He claimed that it was “not appropriate if the court began summoning the premier on every other minor issue”.

The Sindh High Court had also, earlier this week, hinted at summoning the interim prime minister if police and provincial authorities could not make any progress in recovery of missing persons.