A/HRC/19/58 Reply from the Government 497. On 4 November 2011, the Government replied to the general allegation. It stated that the allegations made were baseless, general in nature and unsubstantiated and reiterated the Government’s commitment to promote and protect human rights of all citizens, including those who have reportedly disappeared. 498. The Government noted that a Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances, which registers all cases received from any quarter alleging enforced disappearance, was constituted in May 2010 and another one in March 2011 as the tenure of the first commission expired in December 2010. It further noted that cases of disappearance could be registered, through four different fora: the Human Rights Cell of the Supreme Court of Pakistan; the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances; the National Crisis Management Cell of the Ministry of Interior; and the Special Desk at Home and Tribal Affairs Department. In addition, the Government noted that it is considering paying some financial assistance to families of the missing persons, purely on humanitarian grounds. 499. The Government also noted that there are no political prisoners in Pakistan of any political party, including those based in Balochistan and Sindh. 500. The Government further reiterated that its law enforcement and intelligence agencies were fully cognizant of the human rights issue of enforced disappearances and recalled that efforts were being undertaken at the highest level to address the problem. Information from the Government 501. The Government transmitted six communications to the Working Group. 502. In the first communication, dated 31 December 2010, the Government replied to the urgent appeal transmitted on 9 November 2010, concerning Mr. Imran Jokhio, aged 17, who was allegedly abducted by police officials on 20 May 2010, when riding his threewheeler auto rickshaw on the Mafi Faqir bridge at the Rohri canal (see report A/HRC/16/48, para. 382). The Government reported that the kidnapping of Mr. Jokhio was registered on 4 June 2010, at the Phull Police Station and that, after the registration of a First Information Report, two police constables were arrested and the case handed to the Investigation Branch for further investigation. It also stated that a team was constituted for the recovery of Mr. Jokhio and the arrest of the remaining accused. Thereafter, the relatives of Mr. Jokhio filed a petition with the Honourable Court of Sindh Bench at Sukkur which is under judicial trial. The Honourable Court has ordered the Superintendent of Police Investigation to constitute a team for the interrogation of the arrested police constables and for the recovery of Mr. Jokhio. 503. In the second communication, dated 8 February 2011, the Government provided information on eight outstanding cases. Based on this information, the Working Group decided, at its ninety-third session, to apply the six-month rule to these cases. 504. In the third communication, dated 10 June 2011, the Government provided information on 16 outstanding cases. Based on this information, the Working Group decided, at its ninety-fourth session, to apply the six-month rule to 13 cases. With regard to the remaining three cases, the six-month rule had been applied earlier to one of them and the other two were clarified following the source’s confirmation of the information provided by the Government. 505. In the fourth communication, dated 2 August 2011, the Government provided information on one outstanding case. Based on this information, the Working Group decided, at its ninety-fifth session, to apply the six-month rule to the case. 101