ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has directed the federal government to pay three million rupees in compensation to the father of Haroon Muhammad, a missing person, ahead of the next hearing.
Justice Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb of the IHC presided over the petition regarding the recovery of Haroon Muhammad, who has been missing since July 2009.
The court ordered the federal government to compensate the father of the missing citizen with Rs3 million.
Lawyer Iman Mazari informed the court that the petitioner’s family has been receiving threats for pursuing the case.
Consequently, the court instructed the IG Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, via the Interior Secretary, to provide security to the petitioner.
Additionally, the court ordered the registration of a case against the security personnel involved. The next hearing of the case is scheduled for two weeks from now.
Meanwhile, the poet Ahmed Farhad’s bail appeal was denied on Tuesday by a Muzaffarabad anti-terrorism court.
The court heard arguments from both sides on Monday before announcing its reserved ruling.
Speaking to the media last week, Zulqarnain Naqvi Advocate stated, “The case against Ahmed Farhad has been registered under seven clauses, including terrorism.”
According to him, the Awami Action Committee held its demonstration on May 13, which is also the day the complaint was filed.
Following his disappearance during recent events in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Ahmed Farhad gained attention.
His wife filed a petition in IHC on May 15, asking for his recovery and production before the court as well as the identification, investigation, and prosecution of those accountable for his abduction.
The Attorney General of Pakistan notified the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on May 29 that Ahmed Farhad, the poet who had gone missing, had been apprehended and was being held by the AJK police.
The AGP presented the report of the Dher Kot police station in Kashmir before Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani.
In a previous hearing about the missing poet and journalist Ahmed Farhad Shah, the court had called in senior intelligence agency officials as well as the federal law minister.
The federal government begged the IHC last week to conclude the poet’s rehabilitation case before he could attend the court in person.
