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301. The seventh case concerned Mr. Shah Faisal who, on 12 December 2011, was
arrested by four uniformed officers of the Anti-terrorist Squad at the toll plaza of the
Peshawar-to-Kohat road, Khyber Pakhtoon, Khawah province.
Information from the Government
302. The Government transmitted three communications, dated 7 June 2012, 12 July
2012 and 16 July 2012.
303. In the first communication, the Government acknowledged receipt of the
communication transmitted by the Working Group under its urgent action procedure on 7
June 2012.
304. In the second communication, concerning one outstanding case, the Government
requested further information. The information provided was not considered sufficient for
the clarification of the case.
305. The third communication concerned a case which had previously been clarified by
the source.
Information from sources
306. Information was received from sources concerning six outstanding cases. Regarding
one case, the source confirmed the information provided by the Government and,
consequently, the case was clarified. On the basis of the information provided by sources,
the Working Group decided, at its ninety-sixth session, to clarify one case and, at its ninetyseventh session, to clarify another case.
Clarification
307. Following the information provided by the Government, which was later confirmed
by the source, the Working Group decided to clarify one case. Following the expiration of
the period prescribed by the six-month rule, the Working Group decided to clarify 13 cases
at its ninety-sixth session. Following the information received by the source, the Working
Group decided to clarify two cases.
Meetings
308. Representatives of the Government of Pakistan met with the Working Group at its
ninety-sixth session.
Visit
309. The Working Group visited Pakistan from 10 to 20 September 2012 (see
A/HRC/22/45/Add.2).
Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding
310. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted 151 cases to the
Government; of those, nine cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided
by the source, 42 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the
Government, one has been deleted, and 99 remain outstanding.
Observations
311. The Working Group thanks the Government for the cooperation extended before and
during its visit to the country.
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