ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Secretary General and former senator Farhatullah Babar on Friday called upon the government to fulfill its promise for bringing in legislation to criminalise enforced disappearances and to end torture. He said this while addressing a protest demonstration held by the families of victims of enforced disappearances. He said that instead of criminalising enforced disappearances the government had appealed a recent judgment of the Islamabad High Court which gave some limited relief to the victims and their families. He said that there were very stern laws in the penal code and if someone had done wrong, then he should be prosecuted. Enforced disappearances are the worst form of torture, despotism, and negation of the rule of law that must not be allowed, he said, while urging the government to sign the international convention against enforced disappearances.

Source: Pakistan Today April 19, 2019 14:15 UTC