IHC last week had summoned PM Kakar along with defence, interior ministers and secretaries of ministries concerned
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has been summoned for the third time by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday in the case pertaining to the missing Baloch students.
The court orders came before its bench adjourned today’s hearing till February 28.
“Caretaker prime minister should not consider coming to court as an insult,” Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, who is heading the bench, remarked during the hearing.
The caretaker prime minister should not go to Karachi for the next hearing, but appear before the court, the IHC judge added.
“No one is above the law here,” the judge said, stating that the premier was summoned because he was “accountable”.
The judge was upset over the absence of PM Kakar, reminding the Attorney General for Pakistan Mansoor Usman Awan about the second time he has skipped appearing before the court.
Justice Kayani also inquired about other caretaker ministers as well as the defence and interior secretary.
However, Interior Secretary Aftab Durrani appeared before the court later.
A day earlier, IHC’s Justice Kayani issued a four-page written order summoning PM Kakar, defence and interior ministers along with the secretaries of the ministries concerned.
They were directed to ensure their physical appearance in today’s hearing at 10am.
Along with the caretaker premier, the caretaker ministers of interior and defence have also been summoned.
The hearing
At the onset of the hearing, IHC’s Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani said it took two years to recover the people of our country, but not all children have been recovered yet.
“There is no case of fights, narcotics or any other kind against them. [We] hear more sensitive cases of missing persons,” he remarked.
