A huge demonstration was held in Peshawar under the auspices of Pakhtoon Tahafuz Movement (PTM). There are many demands of PTM from the government but one these demands, is enforced disappearance of many innocent people who can also be called missing persons.
I saw a lot of people holding portraits of their missing relatives in PTM rally who came from different parts of FATA and also from different parts of the country.
First, i had a strong belief that missing persons issue is not that much horrible and heartbreaking but, i was shocked, when i went to rally and saw women and children holding portraits of their family members who have gone missing, they were crying for justice and had a hope in their eyes for their missing persons to be recovered.
As far as i saw, it is the most worst situations in Pakistan because many of the people said we don’t even know the offense of our relatives who have gone missing. I met people who had tears in their eyes and were lamenting for justice.
But on the other hand, they had a hope in their eyes after PTM keeps the missing persons issue of its top priority. As Manzoor Pashteen said in his speech “we have burnt our boats and will never give up till the last person is released”.
As far as i know, PTM has collected data of more than eight thousands missing persons and have kept this issue to the law enforcement agencies to be solved. As far as my opinion is concerned, our intelligence agencies and law enforcement agencies should take this issue very seriously and should take some positive measures to solve the issue and cooperate with concern departments because, if things going on like this it can disfigure our honor and dignity in the world and most prominently it will lead the people to clashes and demonstrations all over the country and more obviously it can turn down to internal conflicts and our agencies will lose their trust and respect among masses.
Mansoor Ali
mansoorbinsabzali@gmail.com
