Committee headed by Azam Nazeer Tarar constituted for deliberating upon a policy on issue of enforced disappearances

ISLAMABAD, May 30 (SABAH): The federal cabinet has approved constitution of a committee to deliberate a policy relating to enforced disappearances.  

According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Interior, Minister for Law and Justice Senator Chaudhry Azam Nazeer Tarar will head the seven-member committee.

The other members of the committee include Interior Minister Rana Sanullah Khan, Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Shazia Atta Marri, Minister for Communications Maulana Asad Mahmood, Minister for Defense Production Muhammad Israr Tareen, Minister for Maritime Affairs Senator Syed Faisal Ali Sabzwari and Minister for Science and Technology Agha Hassan Baloch.

The Committee will be able to co-opt eminent jurists, representatives of human rights organizations and any other member as it may deem appropriate. The ministry of interior shall provide Secretariat support to the Committee. The committee will submit its recommendations to the federal cabinet for deliberation.