Detention of missing persons activist colonel (r) Inamur Rahim 'illegal': LHC

Colonel (r) Inamur Rahim at the District Court in Rawalpindi. Photo: NYT

A judge from the Lahore High Court's Rawalpindi bench on Thursday said that the detention of colonel (retired) Inamur Rahim — the missing persons' lawyer and activist — was "illegal".

"The detention of colonel (r) Inamur Rahim has no legal grounds whatsoever," Justice Mirza Waqas Rauf remarked during the hearing of the case today. 

Colonel (r)Rahim, who has fought court cases on behalf of the families of several missing persons, was last month abducted from his home in Rawalpindi by unidentified men. 

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Last week, a representative of the Ministry of Defence had confirmed that Colonel (r) Rahim was in the custody of law enforcement agencies for interrogation. 

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