A/HRC/13/31
Pakistan
Number of
outstanding
cases at the
beginning of
the period
under review
Cases transmitted to the
Government during the period
under review: 6
Cases clarified during the period
under review: 0
Cases sent
under the
urgent action
procedure
Cases sent
under the
standard
procedure
3
3
94
Number of cases on which the
Government has replied
1
Government
Nongovernmental
sources
Number of
outstanding
cases at the end
of the year
under review
0
0
100
Multiple replies on some cases
Number of cases of possible
clarification by Government (6month rule)
No
0
General allegation
N/A
Government response
N/A
Prompt intervention letter
N/A
Government response
N/A
Working Group request for a visit
N/A
Government response
N/A
Urgent actions
406. The Working Group sent three cases under its urgent action procedure to the
Government concerning Zakir Majeed, who disappeared on 8 June 2009, after being
abducted by intelligence agents of the Pakistani Army; Din Muhammad Baloch, abducted
by State agents on 28 June 2009, from the Ornach Hospital where he was working; and
Ehsan Arjumandi, abducted by state intelligence agents on 7 August 2009, from a bus
when travelling from the Mand district of Balochistan province to Karachi, Pakistan. The
Government acknowledged receipt of these cases.
Standard procedures
407. The Working Group transmitted three newly-reported cases to the Government. The
first concerned Atiq-Ur Rehman, arrested in June 2004, in Abbottabad District in the
North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan by Pakistan’s intelligence officers. The second
concerned Naeem Muhammad Naeem, arrested on 22 September 2007 in Chorangi, North
Karachi-Sindh by State authorities. The third case concerned Zain-Ul-Abeden, arrested on
4 January 2008, in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi.
Information from the Government
408. The Government transmitted one communication dated 10 September 2009, on one
case. The information was insufficient to clarify it.
Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding
409. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted 124 cases to the
Government; of those, six cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by
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