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 10713 113 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. 13 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. 99

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