Ahmad Noorani's mother in tears as court adjourns missing sons’ case

JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 27 March 2025 | JP Staff Report

The mother of journalist Ahmad Noorani was emotional in court after the case regarding her missing sons was postponed. Despite police efforts, no progress has been made in locating them.

Summary

ISLAMABAD—The mother of journalist in exile Ahmad Noorani broke down in tears at the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday after the hearing on her two missing sons was adjourned until after Eid.

Islamabad Inspector General (IG) Police Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi appeared before Justice Inam Amin Minhas and sought two more weeks to recover Noorani's brothers, who were allegedly abducted from their home in Islamabad between the night of March 18 and 19.

Despite forming a special investigation team, conducting geofencing, and contacting prison authorities nationwide, IG Rizvi admitted that no progress had been made in locating the missing brothers.

When the judge asked how much time was needed for their recovery, the IG requested two weeks—prompting an emotional outburst from Noorani’s mother, Amina Bashir.

Her lawyer, Imaan Zainab Mazari, expressed frustration over the delay. In a post on X, she wrote, “I have no answers for Ahmad Noorani’s mother, who broke down in court today, asking who would be responsible if anything happens to her sons (Haider & Ali). Despite our pleas, the court adjourned the hearing till Eid.”

Justice Minhas directed the Defense Secretary to submit a response by the next hearing and adjourned the case until after Eid.

ØµØØ§ÙÛŒ Ø§ØÙ…Ø¯ Ù†ÙˆØ±Ø§Ù†ÛŒ Ú©ÛŒ Ù…Ø§Úº Ø±Ùˆ Ù¾Ú'ÛŒÚº: Ø¹Ø¯Ø§Ù„Øª Ù†Û' Ù„Ø§Ù¾ØªÛ Ø¨ÛŒÙ¹ÙˆÚº Ú©Ø§ Ú©ÛŒØ³ Ù…Ù„ØªÙˆÛŒ Ú©Ø± Ø¯ÛŒØ§

Ø¯ÙˆØ³Ø±ÛŒ Ø·Ø±ÙØŒ Ø§Ø³Ù„Ø§Ù… Ø¢Ø¨Ø§Ø¯ Ú©Û' Ø§Ù†Ø³Ù¾Ú©Ù¹Ø± Ø¬Ù†Ø±Ù„ Ù¾ÙˆÙ„ÛŒØ³ Ø³ÛŒØ¯ Ø¹Ù„ÛŒ Ù†Ø§ØµØ± Ø±Ø¶ÙˆÛŒ Ù†Û' Ø¬Ø³Ù¹Ø³ Ø§Ù†Ø¹Ø§Ù… Ø§Ù…ÛŒÙ† Ù…ÛÙ†Ø§Ø³ Ú©ÛŒ Ø¹Ø¯Ø§Ù„Øª Ù…ÛŒÚº Ù¾ÛŒØ´ ÛÙˆ Ú©Ø± Ù†ÙˆØ±Ø§Ù†ÛŒ Ú©Û' Ø¨Ú¾Ø§Ø¦ÛŒÙˆÚº Ú©Ùˆ Ø¨Ø§Ø²ÛŒØ§Ø¨ Ú©Ø±Ù†Û' Ú©Û' Ù„ÛŒÛ' Ø¯Ùˆ ÛÙØªÙˆÚº Ú©ÛŒ Ù…ÛÙ„Øª Ù…Ø§Ù†Ú¯ÛŒÛ" ÛŒÛ Ø¨Ú¾Ø§Ø¦ÛŒ 18 Ø§ÙˆØ± 19 Ù…Ø§Ø±Ú† Ú©ÛŒ Ø¯Ø±Ù…ÛŒØ§Ù†ÛŒ Ø±Ø§Øª Ú©Ùˆ Ø§Ø³Ù„Ø§Ù… Ø¢Ø¨Ø§Ø¯ Ù…ÛŒÚº Ø§Ù¾Ù†Û' Ú¯Ú¾Ø± Ø³Û' Ø§ØºÙˆØ§ ÛÙˆØ¦Û' ØªÚ¾Û'Û"

ØªØ§ÛÙ…ØŒ Ø¢Ø¦ÛŒ Ø¬ÛŒ Ø±Ø¶ÙˆÛŒ Ù†Û' Ø¹Ø¯Ø§Ù„Øª Ú©Ùˆ Ø¨ØªØ§ÛŒØ§ Ú©Û Ø¯ÙˆÙ†ÙˆÚº Ø¨Ú¾Ø§Ø¦ÛŒÙˆÚº Ú©Ùˆ ØªÙ„Ø§Ø´ Ú©Ø±Ù†Û' Ú©ÛŒ ØªÙ…Ø§Ù… Ú©ÙˆØ´Ø´ÛŒÚº Ù†Ø§Ú©Ø§Ù… ÛÙˆ Ú†Ú©ÛŒ ÛÛŒÚºÛ" "Ø§ÛŒÚ© Ø®ØµÙˆØµÛŒ ØªØÙ‚ÛŒÙ‚Ø§ØªÛŒ Ù¹ÛŒÙ… Ø¨Ù†Ø§Ø¦ÛŒ Ú¯Ø¦ÛŒ ÛÛ'ØŒ Ø¬ÛŒÙˆ ÙÛŒÙ†Ø³Ù†Ú¯ Ú©ÛŒ Ø¬Ø§ Ú†Ú©ÛŒ ÛÛ'Û" Ù…Ù„Ú© Ø¨Ú¾Ø± Ú©ÛŒ Ø¬ÛŒÙ„ÙˆÚº Ú©Û' Ø§Ù†Ø³Ù¾Ú©Ù¹Ø± Ø¬Ù†Ø±Ù„Ø² Ø³Û' Ø¨Ú¾ÛŒ Ø±Ø§Ø¨Ø·Û Ú©ÛŒØ§ Ú¯ÛŒØ§ØŒ Ù„ÛŒÚ©Ù† Ú©ÛÛŒÚº Ú©ÙˆØ¦ÛŒ Ø³Ø±Ø§Øº Ù†ÛÛŒÚº Ù…Ù„Ø§Û""

Ø¬Ø¨ Ø¹Ø¯Ø§Ù„Øª Ù†Û' Ø¢Ø¦ÛŒ Ø¬ÛŒ Ø³Û' Ù¾ÙˆÚ†Ú¾Ø§ Ú©Û Ø§Ù†ÛÛŒÚº Ø¨Ú¾Ø§Ø¦ÛŒÙˆÚº Ú©Ùˆ Ø¨Ø§Ø²ÛŒØ§Ø¨ Ú©Ø±Ù†Û' Ù…ÛŒÚº Ú©ØªÙ†Ø§ ÙˆÙ‚Øª Ø¯Ø±Ú©Ø§Ø± ÛÛ'ØŒ ØªÙˆ Ø§Ù†ÛÙˆÚº Ù†Û' Ø¯Ùˆ ÛÙØªÙˆÚº Ú©Ø§ ÙˆÙ‚Øª Ù…Ø§Ù†Ú¯Ø§Û" ÛŒÛ Ø³Ù† Ú©Ø± Ù†ÙˆØ±Ø§Ù†ÛŒ Ú©ÛŒ ÙˆØ§Ù„Ø¯Û Ø§Ù…ÛŒÙ†Û Ø¨Ø´ÛŒØ± Ø²Ø§Ø± Ùˆ Ù‚Ø·Ø§Ø± Ø±ÙˆÙ†Û' Ù„Ú¯ÛŒÚºÛ"

Ø§Ù…ÛŒÙ†Û Ú©ÛŒ ÙˆÚ©ÛŒÙ„ Ø§ÛŒÙ…Ø§Ù† Ø²ÛŒÙ†Ø¨ Ù…Ø²Ø§Ø±ÛŒ Ù†Û' Ø§Ø³ ØªØ§Ø®ÛŒØ± Ù¾Ø± ØºØµÛ Ú©Ø§ Ø§Ø¸ÛØ§Ø± Ú©ÛŒØ§Û" Ø§ÛŒÚ©Ø³ (Ù¹ÙˆØ¦Ù¹Ø±) Ù¾Ø± Ù¾ÙˆØ³Ù¹ Ù…ÛŒÚº Ø§Ù†ÛÙˆÚº Ù†Û' Ù„Ú©Ú¾Ø§ØŒ "Ù…ÛŒÚº Ø§ØÙ…Ø¯ Ù†ÙˆØ±Ø§Ù†ÛŒ Ú©ÛŒ Ù…Ø§Úº Ú©Ùˆ Ú©ÙˆØ¦ÛŒ Ø¬ÙˆØ§Ø¨ Ù†ÛÛŒÚº Ø¯Û' Ù¾Ø§ Ø±ÛÛŒØŒ Ø¬Ùˆ Ø¢Ø¬ Ø¹Ø¯Ø§Ù„Øª Ù…ÛŒÚº Ø±ÙˆÛŒÚº Ø§ÙˆØ± Ù¾ÙˆÚ†Ú¾Ø§ Ú©Û Ø§Ú¯Ø± Ø§Ù† Ú©Û' Ø¨ÛŒÙ¹ÙˆÚº (ØÛŒØ¯Ø± Ø§ÙˆØ± Ø¹Ù„ÛŒ) Ú©Ùˆ Ú©Ú†Ú¾ ÛÙˆØ§ ØªÙˆ Ø°Ù…Û Ø¯Ø§Ø± Ú©ÙˆÙ† ÛÙˆÚ¯Ø§ØŸ Ø¹Ø¯Ø§Ù„Øª Ù†Û' ÛÙ…Ø§Ø±ÛŒ Ø§Ù„ØªØ¬Ø§ Ú©Û' Ø¨Ø§ÙˆØ¬ÙˆØ¯ Ø³Ù…Ø§Ø¹Øª Ø¹ÛŒØ¯ ØªÚ© Ú©Û' Ù„ÛŒÛ' Ù…Ù„ØªÙˆÛŒ Ú©Ø± Ø¯ÛŒÛ""

Key Points

Ahmad Noorani's two brothers went missing on March 18-19.
Islamabad IG Police requested two more weeks to locate the missing individuals.
Judge adjourned the case until after Eid, causing distress for the mother.
Special investigation team and geofencing efforts reportedly yielded no results.
Lawyer expressed frustration over the court's delays and lack of accountability.

Relevant Topics

Ahmad Noorani

Missing Persons

Islamabad High Court

Police Investigation

Amina Bashir

EID Adjournment

Ask AI: Understand this story your way

AI Enabled

Dig deeper, ask anything — get instant context, background, and clarity.

Language

Format

Tone

Audience

Focus

Reading level

Length

The AI generates results based on your selected options

Your AI-generated results will appear here after you click the button.

Disclaimer: This feature is powered by AI and is intended to help readers explore and understand news stories more easily. While we strive for accuracy, AI-generated responses may occasionally be incomplete or reflect limitations in the underlying model. This feature does not represent the editorial views of JournalismPakistan. For our full, verified reporting, please refer to the original article.