"They are all terrorists and involved in
assassination of a general from Army Medical Corps," said defense lawyer
Raja Irshad.
While submitting his arguments he said, "In India no
one criticizes the role the (Research and Analysis Wing (RAW). But here a
section of the media had made the ISI foot ball."
Raja Irshad told the court that the 11 terrorists were
being held by the ISI under the Army Act.
Raja Irshad, the counsel of the agencies, during hearing
of the missing prisoners case confirmed before a three-member bench of the
court, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry that the missing prisoners
were alive and in custody of the Military Intelligence (MI) and Inter Services
Intelligence (ISI).
He claimed that the men were suspects in several
terrorist acts including the suicide attack which claimed the life of the
Surgeon General of Pakistan Army Lt. Gen. Mushtaq and the attack on Army
General Headquarters in Rawalpindi.
The 11 missing persons include Niaz Ahmed, Mazharul Haq,
Shafiqur Rehman, Mohammad Aamir, Syed Abdul Majid, Abdul Basit, Syed Abdul
Saboor, Shafique Ahmed, Saeed Arab, Gul Roze and Tehseenullah.
