JI chief urges govt to provide justice to missing persons in Balochistan

Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman has demanded that Baloch missing persons issue should be resolved on permanent basis and all missing persons should be provided right to justice, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

Talking to media in Quetta, JI chief said that the government itself has admitted that 2500 people were missing and it was the responsibility of the government to produced them in front of the courts.

He said Balochistan was seething in anger. We should uphold the constitution which is unifying force in a country. He said “only the families of the missing persons know how they were going through mental agonies”. He urged the people sitting on key posts to revisits their policies.

Hafiz Naeem told the powerful that “when you say that we have no other option except missing the persons, you are mistrusting the judicial system of the country”. He said protest is basic right of every citizen. He said when government shuts roads during protest, it spreads hatred and enmity.

JI chief demanded that the legitimate demands of the protestors should be accepted. He said according to law, the first right of the people of area where the gas reeves were discovered.

Reporter: Essa Tareen