{
  "id": 12550945,
  "title": "Islamabad High Court seeks whereabouts of over 50 Pakistanis who went missing abroad",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/islamabad-high-court-seeks-whereabouts-of-over-50-pakistanis-who-went",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T04:56:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn - Pakistan",
    "slug": "dawn-pakistan",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2035232/islamabad-high-court-seeks-whereabouts-of-over-50-pakistanis-who-went-missing-abroad"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has taken up a case seeking the whereabouts and safe return of over fifty Pakistanis who have gone missing abroad in the past three years. Justice Arbab Mohammad Tahir, presiding over the hearing, directed Assistant Attorney General (AAG) to submit a report on the matter during the next court session on November 2nd. The petitioner, Afzal Hussain, a resident of Phalia tehsil in Mandi Bahauddin district, filed the petition through his counsel, Shafqat Abbas Tarar, requesting the court to assist in locating and returning over fifty young men from his area who had traveled abroad through unusual means but had not been found since their departure. The petitioner claimed that more than fifty young men from the region had traveled abroad over the past three years, but their current locations remained unknown. The counsel asked the court to direct the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to conduct consular inquiries in the relevant countries and instructed Pakistani embassies and consulates to initiate steps to locate the missing citizens. Additionally, the counsel requested the court to examine immigration, travel, and other relevant records to determine how the citizens had traveled abroad and identify their whereabouts. The counsel also sought legal proceedings against any individuals involved in criminal activities related to the missing Pakistanis and measures to ensure their safe return. The court summoned the AAG to the rostrum to examine the matter and submit a report by the next hearing. Following this, the court issued a notice to the federal government and postponed further proceedings until November 2nd.",
  "summary": "ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has issued a notice to the federal government and sought a report from the Assistant Attorney General (AAG) on a petition seeking trace and safe return of more than 50 Pakistanis who have gone missing abroad over the past three years. Justice Arbab Mohammad Tahir, while hearing the petition filed by Afzal Hussain, directed the AAG to examine the matter…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
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        "published": "2026-10-07T05:12:37.000Z"
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      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}