Amina Janjua expresses disappointment to the independent judiciary

Despite the claims of free and independent judiciary, Defence of Human Rights (DHR) Chairwoman Amina Masood Janjua at last lost her patience, expressing disappointment with the Supreme Court of Pakistan in providing justice.

Janjua while speaking to the media said the Supreme Court (SC) has convicted Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani in a contempt of court case, but the dilemma of missing persons has not been resolved so far.

She announced to withdraw the case regarding the recovery of her husband, which was pending before the Supreme Court since 2006. She said that she was too disappointed with the judiciary for not taking up her husband’s case since long.

The Chairwoman DHR alleged that the apex court was not serious in providing justice to her, saying she had written five letters to the court for resuming the hearing of missing person’s cases, but all in vein.

She commented, “Despite pursuing the case of my husband for six long years in the courts, I did not get any relief while the security personnel repeatedly changed their stance regarding the whereabouts of Janjua”.

The bravo lady elucidated that she had taken her husband’s case from the apex court under protest, vowing that she would not withdraw cases regarding other missing persons in the courts.

Amina noted down said that she decided to employ different medium to raise voice for the recovery of her disappeared husband for many years.

Posing a query to the courts, she said the courts did not dispose of old cases missing persons, which were the main reasons in the proliferation of November 3, 2007 emergency.

Commenting about setting up camps by the families of missing persons, the DHR chairwoman claimed that 100 to 150 families had spent 75 days in the camps, but no one was ready in addressing their grievances.

Due to various reasons, she said many families opted not to pursue cases of their missing relatives. The heinous practice was on the rise in the previous year as 95 people went missing in 2011 as compared to 80 in 2010, she added.

The DHR Chairwomen informed the media that she had received 364 Baloch missing persons’ cases, but no one took any step in this regard.

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