Farrukh Habib’s wife writes to CJP to ascertain her husband safe recovery

I am choiceless, helpless and hapless Farrukh’s wife writes to CJP to ascertain her husband safe recovery

Fears PTI leader being tortured, humiliated to change his political loyalties

ISLAMABAD: /DNA/ – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader Farrukh Habib’s wife requested Qazi Faez Issa, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP), to take immediate notice of her husband’s enforced disappearance, ascertain his fate and whereabouts, besides ensuring his instantly recovery because his entirely family was deeply concerned about his safety and well-being.

In her letter to the CJP, she informed that Farrukh was illegally picked up by unknown men from Gwadar on September 28, 2023 but he has not yet been presented in front of a magistrate in any Court, in a clear violation of his fundamental right to fair trial and access to justice.

She expressed apprehension that since the crackdown intensified significantly post-9 May 2023, fearing that her husband was being tortured and humiliated with the objective to change his political loyalties, as there was a calculated method behind this madness, this has happened to all the political leaders who have been abducted so far.

She said: “Farrukh, who is a PTI President West Region, is a well-respected and law-abiding citizen of Pakistan, who has been member of National Assembly from August, 2018 till April, 2022 and Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting.”

“I crave your gracious indulgence into this matter of serious nature because my husband’s and his family’s fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution are being brazenly violated, as I am choiceless, helpless and hapless. Therefore, I request you to take meaningful notice and address my grievance,” she requested.

Farrukh’s wife feared that it appeared, every effort under state supervision has been employed to make sure her husband becomes and stays as a missing person.

As it is well established and documented now, the current regime is perpetrating grave human rights violations and carrying out unprovoked brutal crackdown on political activists, workers, and leaders due to which nearly all PTI workers and leaders were forced into hiding to keep themselves safe, she added.

“Farrukh followed the same suit but he was whisked away from Gwadar by members of Punjab police, law enforcement agencies of Baluchistan and some unknown person in private clothes,” she revealed.

“We have filed a Habeas Corpus petition in the Lahore High Court for recovery of Farrukh, which directed IGP Punjab to submit a report on his whereabouts. However, the petition is progressing at snail’s pace and so far, no progress has been noticed,” she lamented.

Even otherwise, she stated, the court orders are blatantly flouted by the executive authorities in the last few months, and I fear the same will happen in Farrukh’s case as well.

“Under these circumstances, I most request you to take immediate notice of my husband’s enforced disappearance, ascertain his fate, whereabouts and ensure his recovery,” she appealed.

“The increase in cases of abductions and enforced disappearances is alarming, and the intervention of your august institution is crucial in safeguarding the rights and well-being of individuals subjected to enforced disappearances,” the letter reads.