The government has appointed Justice Retired Faqir Mohammad Khokhar to lead the Missing Persons Commission, the Additional Attorney General told the Supreme Court.
In front of a Supreme Court bench, the Additional Attorney General stated that the government takes the problem of missing people seriously and plans to establish special tribunals for them through legislation.
He stated that the law-making process in this case is currently being worked on by a Cabinet Committee.
The bench expressed hope that the Government moves quickly on this matter as Justice Jamal Mandokhail said the Court cannot Issue directions on legislation process.
Hearing adjourned indefinitely by the court.

During his attendance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has met with officials of organisations and leaders of many nations.
Bangladesh’s Chief Advisor, Muhammad Younas, met with Mohammad Aurangzeb.
On the fringes of the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2025 Opening Banquet, there was an informal meeting.
Additionally, the Finance Minister met with Anwar Ibrahim, the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
Both leaders discussed economic cooperation and bilateral ties.
Muhammad Aurangzeb also had a meeting with Dp World’s Rizwan Soomro and Yuvraj Narayan.
They talked about how to strengthen Pakistan’s logistics and infrastructure systems to support trade.
“The Pakistani government is committed to advancing joint projects and values partnerships in both business-to-business and business-to-government cooperation,” the finance minister added.

According to Ahsan Iqbal, Pakistan’s minister of planning and development, China and Pakistan are collaborating to write a new chapter that will benefit future generations.
Speaking at an event held in Islamabad in conjunction with the Chinese spring festival, he said that work on two megaprojects, the Karakoram Highway Phase 2 and Ml-1, will start this year.