SHC seeks list of prisoners' exchange with India
- May 18, 2016, 6:28 pm
- National News
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: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday directed deputy attorney general to submit the list of prisoners who were exchanged between Pakistan and India within two weeks.
SHC bench, headed by Chief Justice Sajjad Ali Shah, was hearing the petition filed by Ansar Burney Trust International seeking the court's directions to the government for taking action against the alleged missing of 189 Pakistani prisoners from Indian jails.
In Tuesday's hearing, the court directed deputy attorney general to submit the list of the prisoners who were handing over to Indian High Commission as well as the list of the prisoners who had been exchanged between both countries. While directing him to file the lists within two weeks, the court adjourned the hearing till 2nd June 2016.
Earlier, the petitioner submitted that Pakistan and India exchanged the lists of their prisoners on 1st January 2016 in which the major difference was found in the figures of Pakistani prisoners. “The Pakistani list claimed that there were 460 prisoners in Indian jails whereas their list confirmed only 271 prisoners there. This meant that 189 Pakistanis are missing from Indian jails,†the petitioner added.
The civil rights campaigner added that he was seriously shocked to see the government's silence and ignorance on painful reports reflecting to missing of huge numbers of Pakistanis from Indian prisons.
Citing secretaries of interior and foreign affairs as the respondents, the petitioner prayed to the SHC to take cognizance of the matter and direct the government to inform the court what action have been taken to know the whereabouts of 189 Pakistani prisoners.
