By Yousaf Katpar KARACHI: Out of 17 missing persons’ cases referred to the provincial task force by the Sindh High Court and the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearance, only two persons have been traced out, stated a report submitted to the Sindh High Court ina number of missing persons cases. The report said the heads of Joint Investigation Teams set up to inquire about the whereabouts of missing persons have been directed to convene their meeting within a month. A division bench headed by Justice Syed Hassan Azhar Rizvi had taken up a large number of missing persons’ cases. It directed the law enforcers to make serious efforts for their recovery. Provincial law officer Jan Muhammad Khuhro told the judges that in compliance of the court orders a meeting of the provincial task force to discuss the cases of missing persons was held on September 28. According to the report filed, the whereabouts of Faraz Khan Baloch and Ghulam Murtaza Korai have been traced. However, Noor Muhammad alias Babou, Muhammad Naeem, Muhammad Ali, Mehboob Munir Hussain, Owais, Muhammad Waqas, Muhammad Irshad, Zia-Ur-Rehman, Maaz Ahmed Khan Muhammad Ali Shaikh, Mushtaq, Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Muhammad Zubair, Bilal, Saeed Ahmed and Azhar Iqbal were still missing. The report said the task force had directed the JITs’ heads to divide missing persons into the different categories. These categories are kidnapping for ransom, kidnapping due to personal enmity, a person has gone missing on his own or it was a case of enforced disappearance. The task force headed by the provincial home secretary decided that the provincial home department would enter into correspondence with the Khyber Pakhtun Khuwa’s home department and federal defense ministry to keep up with the updated record of missing persons held in internment centers. Certain shortcomings were also pointed out and measures taken for fruitful results with regard to recovery of missing persons. The task force decided that the investigation of missing persons’ cases be entrusted to the officer not below the rank of DSP having good reputation. It instructed SSP’s of Investigation to personally monitor the investigation of missing persons’ cases and identify and arrest the accused. The SSPs should interview the complainants in presence of IOs and SDPOs of the area and take them into confidence to obtain all relevant information to lead cases. They will also be responsible to complete investigation without any lacuna and ensure that all circumstantial, electronic, medical and forensic evidence is collected.