'If State doesn't respond, we assume enforced disappearances are policy'
The Islamabad High Court has remarked that the State has to give a clear message that enforced disappearances will not be tolerated. If the state does not do anything then it would be reasonable to say that disappearances are the policy of the State, the bench said. The court was hearing requests for the recovery of journalist Mudassar Naru and other missing persons. The state must send a clear message that enforced disappearances will not be tolerated, the court held. If the state does nothing, it would not be appropriate. The armed forces cannot do anything without government approval, the C...