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Pakistan: 113 enforced disappearance cases disposed of in September
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Pakistan's Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances disposed of 113 cases in September, with 14 people returning home, Dawn reported. Since 2011, it has received 10,636 cases, resolving 84 per cent. Civil society, UN and the Supreme Court have urged stronger action to end enforced di
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Civil society urges Pakistan's enforced disappearances commission for "mis
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A prominent rights group has criticised Pakistan's Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances (COIED), accusing it of rushing through cases and failing to deliver justice to victims' families. The Defence of Human Rights (DHR), led by activist Amina Masood Janjua, has called on Prime M
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Pakistan: Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances logs 197 new ca
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
As many as 197 missing persons cases reports have been submitted to the Pakistan Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances (COIOED) in the first half of the year, reported Dawn.
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Islamabad Court summons Pakistan's caretaker PM on Feb 19 over failure to
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The court summoned Anwaarul Haq Kakar as Islamabad High Court's Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani resumed hearing a petition regarding the implementation of the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry on enforced disappearances.
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Enforced disappearances in Pakistan's Balochistan continue
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Thousands of people from all age groups started to disappear in Balochistan. In March 2011, the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances (COIOED) was formed to work on the issue. According to figures released by COIOED in July 2022, a total of 8,696 cases of missing persons have been
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Balochistan govt plans to set new commission to trace missing persons
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances, formed by the Supreme Court, and the commission set up by the Islamabad High Court, are already looking into the matter.
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Pakistan courts failed to take firm action against 'enforced disappearance
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 13 (ANI): The cases of kidnapping and enforced disappearances of activists, journalists, and even students have become common in Pakistan but still, the court has not taken any concrete steps to put a full stop to the rising number of cases.
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One-third of 8,500 missing people in Pakistan have returned home in 11 yea
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 12 (ANI): Only one-third of 8,500 missing Pakistani citizens have returned home after missing since March 2011 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, local media reported citing the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances report.
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Pakistan: 37 cases of enforced disappearances reported in October
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 15 (ANI): It seems the menace of enforced disappearances continues unabated in Pakistan as 37 new incidents of abduction have surfaced from across the country in the month of October.
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Enforced disappearances in Pakistan has reached new level of 'brazenness':
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 11 (ANI): Enforced disappearances in Pakistan has reached a level of "brazenness inconceivable" a few years ago, Pakistani newspaper Dawn said in an editorial.
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ICJ chides Pak probe body on enforced disappearances
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 9 (ANI): The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has hit out at Pakistan's Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances (COIED), saying it has failed to hold perpetrators responsible for the crime in the last several years.
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World Sindhi Congress' highlights issue of enforced disappearances in Sind
Updated : 6 years ago IST
London [UK], May 15 (ANI): A delegation of World Sindhi Congress (WSC) attended a virtual session of the United Nations' Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) during which they highlighted the incidents of enforced disappearances in Sindh.
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