IHC dismisses petition after missing person traced

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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Wednesday dismissed a missing person petition after recovery of the disappeared person.Justice Inaam Amin Minhas heard petitioner Sharafat’s plea with regard to disappearance of his brother Muhammad Ashraf.Police in its report submitted in the court said that Muhammad Ashraf was nominated in a robbery case registered at Secretariat police station. He was sent to jail by the trial court on May 23, police said.Muhammad Ashraf later got bail from the trial court, police said in its report.The high court dismissed the petition after recovery of the missing man.Chief Justice Peshawar High Court in May constituted full bench for hearing of the case for the recovery of five missing persons from Hayatabad.A petition filed in the court said that five of the close relatives of petitioner, were taken away by police from their residence in Hayatabad area of Peshawar a few days ago and their whereabouts had not been known since then.