Dawn: October 10, 2008
ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: The Ministry of Interior here on Wednesday said it still had no information about a missing doctor whose wife had invoked the Islamabad High Court (IHC) for his safe recovery.
The Crisis Management Cell deputy secretary, Mehrullah Khattak, told the court that the ministry had no information regarding the whereabouts of Abdur Razzaq, a doctor at Railway Hospital, and that it came to know about the case only when the august court summoned the interior ministry official.
IHC Chief Justice Sardar Mohammad Aslam put off the hearing till October 10 after Mr Razzaq sought more time to gather information about the missing doctor.
Akram Sheikh, the attorney for petitioner Afzoona Kausar, pleaded before the court for the early recovery of the doctor on humanitarian grounds.
The petitioner informed the court that she received “dubious phones calls” at her home after the disappearance of her husband, saying that the interior ministry through its sophisticated instruments could track the phone calls to trace the culprits.
Meanwhile, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) filed a petition with the IHC asking the court to inquire about the alleged misappropriation of funds received by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to buy fire fighting equipment.
Insaf Welfare Trust chairman Dr Aslam Khaki filed a writ petition with the IHC, lamenting the CDA’s inefficient fire fighting system and inadequate instruments for rescue operations, as witnessed after the September 20 suicide attack on Marriott Hotel.
The petitioner, while making Ministry of Interior, CDA chairman, Disaster Management Cell chairman and Civil Defence respondents, adopted the viewpoint that at the time of the explosion, there were no sufficient arrangements for fire fighting and there were also insufficient instruments to rescue the people that had been trapped at the upper floors of the hotel.
The petitioner further maintained that when fire broke into the multi-storey Shaheed-i-Millat Secretariat few years ago, the CDA also had equipment to fight fires in buildings having only four flours.—Our Reporter
islamabad, oct 8: the ministry of interior here on wednesday said it still had no in- formation about a missing doctor whose wife had invoked the islamabad high court (ihc) for his safe recovery. the crisis management cell deputy secretary, mehrullah khattak, told the court that the ministry had no information re- garding the whereabouts of abdur razzaq, a doctor at railway hospital, and that it came to know about the case on- ly when the august court sum- moned the interior ministry offi- cial. ihc chief justice sardar mohammad aslam put off the hearing till october 10 after mr razzaq sought more time to gath- er information about the missing doctor. akram sheikh, the attorney for petitioner afzoona kausar, pleaded before the court for the early recovery of the doctor on humanitarian grounds. the petitioner informed the court that she received “dubious phones calls” at her home after the disappearance of her hus- band, saying that the interior ministry through its sophistica- ted instruments could track the phone calls to trace the culprits. meanwhile, a non-governmen- tal organisation (ngo) filed a pe- tition with the ihc asking the court to inquire about the al- leged misappropriation of funds received by the capital development authority (cda) to buy fire fighting equipment. insaf welfare trust chairman dr aslam khaki filed a writ peti- tion with the ihc, lamenting the cda’s inefficient fire fighting sys- tem and inadequate instruments for rescue operations, as wit- nessed after the september 20 suicide attack on marriott hotel. the petitioner, while making ministry of interior, cda chair- man, disaster management cell chairman and civil defence re- spondents, adopted the view- point that at the time of the ex- plosion, there were no sufficient arrangements for fire fighting and there were also insufficient instruments to rescue the people that had been trapped at the up- per floors of the hotel. the petitioner further main- tained that when fire broke into the multi-storey shaheed-i-millat secretariat few years ago, the cda also had equipment to fight fires in buildings having only four flours.—our reporter
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