A/HRC/4/41 page 66 Information from the Government 310. The Government informed the Working Group on 2 June 2006 that a human rights worker who allegedly disappeared in 1998 is currently working in law offices in Lagos. 311. The reply could constitute a clarification, provided the source does not raise an objection within six months (see paragraph 12). Information from sources 312. No information was received from sources regarding the outstanding case. Summary of the situation prior to the period under review 313. The outstanding case concerns a human rights activist who was allegedly arrested at Murtala airport in Lagos by security forces in 1998 (see paragraph 310). Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 314. In the past the Working Group has transmitted six cases to the Government. The Working Group has clarified five cases on the basis of information provided by the Government. There remains one outstanding case to be clarified on the basis of the six-month rule. Pakistan Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 75 Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review Cases sent under Cases sent under the standard the urgent action procedure procedure 2 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 0 General allegation Prompt intervention letter Working Group request for a visit 0 Cases clarified during the period under review by: Government Non-governmental sources 0 Multiple replies on some cases N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 77 Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) 8 Government response Government response Government response N/A N/A N/A Urgent actions 315. The Working Group transmitted to the Government of Pakistan two cases under its urgent action procedure. The first case concerned the alleged disappearance of Allah Ditto (alias Asif Balladi), the secretary of the Sindh Nationalist Forum from Karachi, Sindh Province. The other case concerned Samiullah Baloch, who reportedly disappeared after being arrested at a military police checkpoint in Balochistan.

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