SC directs mother of missing girls to ‘give a yellow notice’ to Interior Ministry

ISLAMABAD    -   The Supreme Court of Pakistan Tuesday directed Dr Mehreen Baloch to provide all details about her two missing daughters to the Ministry of Interior. A three-member SC bench comprising Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Ayesha A Malik heard the case regarding abduction and Kidnapping of minor girls. During the course of proceedings, the court directed the mother to give a yellow notice to the Interior Ministry. Addressing the mother, the Chief Justice said that the report submitted to the court stated that she (Mehreen) was not giving the pictures of the girls. Dr Mehreen Baloch responded that she had already submitted pictures which were five years old and she had also given all the details in the yellow notice. The Additional Attorney General said that the Interior Ministry had asked for photographs of the girls, a copy of the FIR and a yellow notice form. The Joint Investigation Team (JIT) had also submitted its fresh report, he added. Sindh Police DIG said that the provincial authorities were in coordination with the Balochistan police. Based on information, two raids were carried out in Balochistan and one in Karachi, he added. He said that some of the recovered girls were shown to the petitioner but they were not her daughters. Later, hearing of the case was adjourned for one month.

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