[DAWN] ON Saturday, July 25, The New York Times...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
published a report on the conditions in Pakistain's covert internment centres where those suspected of affiliation with the Pak Taliban are detained. Those incarcerated in these special prisons usually return dead or do not return at all. According to the report, their relatives have filed 2,100 petitions in the Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
High Court. Most have not produced any results; thousands hence occupy the murky category of being 'disappeared' persons. Sometimes, when a body is returned, the report says, there is pressure to refuse an autopsy or undertake a quick burial.