Free legal support now offered to families of the missing

Islamabad – (Special Correspondent / Web Desk) – The federal government has created a new special committee. Its job is to give legal help to families with missing loved ones. This help will focus on solving daily problems they face.

This team will assist families whose cases are already with a national group called the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances (COIOED). It will help with issues like updating official family documents.

The COIOED was started in 2011 to find missing people and discover what happened. So far in 2025, it has received 125 new cases.

Families can now contact this new team for help. If they have problems getting national ID cards or other documents, they can send their concerns by email or WhatsApp. Later, they will need to mail physical copies.

They can also meet in person with an official named Saadia Rashid in Islamabad on any workday to talk about their issues.

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A Supreme Court judge recently spoke about how hard it is to solve these cases. He said judges often do not get help from the government or other leaders.

The commission has received over 10,500 cases since it began. It has solved over 1,900 cases and found more than 6,700 missing people.

Last year, the government also promised a financial support package. It said it would give 5 million rupees to each affected family for legal and financial help.