IHC summons caretaker PM Kakar in missing students case again

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has summoned Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar to appear before the bench in person in hearing of the missing Baloch students’ case next week.

The orders were issued by Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani on Tuesday. The hearing on the case started on Monday.

During the hearing, the assistant attorney general asked the court to adjourn the proceedings as the attorney general was unavailable. However, the request was rejected.

Justice Kayani remarked that the death penalty should be awarded to those involved in enforced disappearances.

“People involved [enforced disappearance] should be given the death penalty twice,” remarked Justice Kayani.

He then asked the caretaker PM to appear in person on Monday at 10am to explain why a case should not be registered against him.

This is the second time that PM Kakar has been summoned by IHC. He was last summoned on November 29 of last year to personally appear before it in the case.

However, he did not appear as he was not in the country.