"We have credible reports that as many as 11 to 15 missing persons from Balochistan are in Paktia and Pol-e-Charkhi jails in Afghanistan, which are under the control of the US Army". "There is credible evidence that anti-Pakistan elements are involved in creating law and order situation in the Balochistan. It is necessary to extricate this part of the country from the clutches of international players." He said: "Extensive, interactive and comprehensive political strategy on ground is indispensable for countering the intelligence network of anti-peace elements."
The Commission on Enforced Disappearances was vigorously pursuing the case of missing persons and it has traced as many as 44 missing persons over the past three months, the commission's President said. As many as 15 missing persons from Balochistan reached their homes in the past week.
Expressing concern over the dumping of bodies of missing persons in Balochistan and terming the issue of missing persons far more complicated than people realised, he said that issuing press statements to gain political mileage, criticising the performance of state institutions and staging protests would not yield any positive results. Referring to a lack of training and shortage of resources faced by security forces, he said that because of these factors, security forces were unable to counter well-equipped and trained forces "who are working on a single agenda of deteriorating the law and order situation in Balochistan".
Citing figures compiled by the commission, he said that there were at least 445 missing persons in the country. Of the total, 170 people belonged to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 117 to Punjab, 74 to Sindh, 42 to Balochistan, 18 to Islamabad and 12 each to Fata and Azad Kashmir. He rejected the assertion of a section of the press and civil society, he said that although the Balochistan government had provided a list of 945 missing persons. However, full particular of only 45 such persons had been provided.
"Unless we are provided full details of missing persons, how can we pursue their cases for recovery," Justice said. He urged individuals and organisations claiming to have lists of missing persons to furnish their full details so that they could be traced.
Expressing dismay over the attitude of the freed persons, he said that no person who remained missing was willing to talk about the elements who had actually abducted him. "Lack of evidence is a major reason for the low number of convictions in the missing persons issue," he maintained. "I assure (everyone) that the commission does not believe in just paperwork. It is sincerely working for mitigating the suffering of victims' families," he said.
"Every individual, institutions including the intelligence agencies and police are accountable under Constitution of Pakistan to courts. If proof is furnished before the commission, elements responsible (for unlawful actions) would unquestionably be brought to justice," he revealed.