Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief, Syed Munawar has expressed deep concern over the continued disappearance of Masood Janjua, husband of A'mina Masood Janjua, chairperson, Defence of Human Rights Pakistan, and demanded his immediate release. He said that Masood Janjua had been abducted years ago and had been in the custody of the agencies. But now it had been stated in the court that Masood Janjua had been killed by the al Qaida.
The question, he said, was that a man had been picked up by the agencies and had been in their custody, so how could be killed by the al Qaida. The JI chief said that A'mina Masood Janjua and her family believed that Masood Janjua was alive and they had evidence to this effect which had been produced in the court. He, therefore, urged the government and the Supreme Court to ensure immediate release of Masood Janjua.
Syed Munawar Hasan said that the security institutions and agencies were subject to law and could not detain any citizen unlawfully. These institutions and agencies, he said, should learn from the changing times and also distinguish between their friends and foes. He said the security institutions and agencies were there to protect the life and property of the citizens against foreign aggression. But unfortunately, our agencies and security institutions thought themselves above the law. He said it will not be something desirable that cases of abduction, murders and human rights violations were registered against the defenders of the people.
The JI chief said the nation had hoped that the Chief Justice Iftekhar Muhammad Chaudhary would be successful in tracing the missing persons but this had not materialised. He renewed his appeal to the Chief Justice of Pakistan to ensure recovery of the missing people whose only fault was that they were Muslims and Pakistanis. He also assured Mrs A'mina Masood Janjua of every possible support from the JI in this regard.
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