A/HRC/19/58
Pakistan
Number of
outstanding
cases at the
beginning of the
period under
review
Cases transmitted to the
Government during the period
under review: 5
Cases clarified during the period
under review: 10
Cases sent under
the urgent action
procedure
Cases sent
under the
standard
procedure
Government
Non-governmental
sources
Number of
outstanding cases
at the end of the
year under review
2
3
10
0
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Number of cases on which the
Government has replied
Multiple replies on some cases
Number of cases of possible clarification
by Government (6-month rule)
Yes
14
Yes (2)
Government response
No
General allegation
Yes
Government response
Yes
Prompt intervention letter
N/A
Government response
N/A
Working Group request for a visit
Yes
Invitation extended
25
Urgent appeal
No
Urgent Actions
489. The Working Group transmitted two cases to the Government under its urgent action
procedure. The first concerned Mr. Muzaffar Bhutto, who was allegedly abducted by State
intelligence agents in civilian clothes escorted by police forces in Hyderabad City, Sindh
province, on 25 February 2011. The second concerned Mr. Al Sharkawy Abdullah
Mohammed Abdelrahim, a university student who was last seen in the Hostel of the AIR
University, located at F/8 Markaz, Islamabad, before allegedly being abducted by Pakistani
Security Forces on 25 May 2011. The Government acknowledged receipt of these two
cases.
Standard procedure
490. The Working Group transmitted three newly-reported cases to the Government. The
first case concerned Mr. Mir Sohrab Khan Marri, who was allegedly abducted by
Pakistani State Agents from the Hotel Syed Mohammad Agha, located in Quetta, Province
of Balochistan, on 8 November 2009. The second case concerned Mr. Ali Asghar Ali
Asghar Bangulzai, who was allegedly arrested in front of the Government Boys Degree
College, located in Quetta, Province of Balochistan, by Pakistani Intelligence agents in
plain clothes on 18 October 2001. The third case concerned Mr. Khan Mohammad Marri,
who was allegedly abducted by plain-clothed Inter-Services Intelligence Agency officials
and local police in Metroville West N°. 1 on 7 November 2010.
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One of the urgent actions had been transmitted as a case in the past and it remained outstanding.
Therefore, the Working Group decided, at its 94th session, to merge the two cases as they both
referred to the same person.
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