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The judicial commission formed by the government to investigate the festering issue of enforced disappearances has concluded that foreign spy agencies are creating unrest in Balochistan. "Foreign intelligence agencies want to worsen the Balochistan situation in order to destabilise Pakistan ," The Express Tribune quoted Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal, head of the judicial commission, as saying. "There is concrete evidence of their involvement," he added. Justice Iqbal admitted that no state institution has precise statistics on missing persons. "There is a baseless propaganda about the number of missing persons," he said and put the number at 460. "As many as 44 people were recovered over the past three months through the commission's efforts," he said. According to the break-up, 18 missing persons are listed missing from Islamabad, 117 from Punjab, 174 from Sindh, 170 from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 57 from Balochistan and 12 each from Azad Kashmir and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). The bodies of 42 missing persons were found in Balochistan, Justice Iqbal said and added that in the past week alone, 12 missing persons were recovered from the province. Some of the missing persons were even found in Afghanistan. The list of missing persons compiled by the commission also contains the names of those living abroad and those involved in terrorism-related cases, according to Justice Iqbal. "We have been doing our job in Islamabad . We will soon visit interior Balochistan, including Gwadar, Turbat and Khuzdar. No person will be declared missing until or unless his/her relatives turn up and show their identity cards or driving licences," Justice Iqbal said.

Pak Judicial panel blames foreign spy agencies for Balochistan unrest