Peshawar court summons officials over disappearance of 4 Afghan brothers

Peshawar High Court has summoned senior officials, including the chief of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, over the mysterious disappearance of four brothers from a prominent Afghan business family.

Judge Ijaz Anwar directed officials to appear in person in court on June 14, Dawn News reported.

A petition, filed by a female family member of the brothers, Gulalai Alkozai, has challenged the abduction of the four brothers from their residence at Hayatabad Township in Peshawar allegedly by persons in police uniform on February 28.

Alkozai has requested the court to order the recovery of the detainees.

According to Alkozai’s advocate, Nadir Shah, a contingent of police raided the family’s residence during the night of February 28 and took the four brothers with them. The brothers are Mohammad Nasir Alkozai, Usman Alkozai, Abdul Waris Alkozai and Zahir Alkozai, Dawn News reported.

He said the brothers’ whereabouts are unknown.

According to him, the court has ordered police on a number of occasions to recover the detainees but to date police have not adhered to the orders.

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