KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Thursday directed the senior superintendent of police, Hyderabad, to appear before it and inform it about efforts being made to recover Ghulam Qadir Marri, a close aide of former president Asif Ali Zardari, who has been missing since April 7.

Headed by Justice Mohammad Shafi Siddiqui, a division bench was hearing the petition of Ismail Marri, who sought the recovery of his brother and three members of his personal staff who had been missing for the past two weeks.

Qadir Marri`s vehicle was found abandoned near a thermal power station in Jamshoro on April 7.Ismail, represented by advocate Shahab Sarki, informed the court that his brother had not been produced in any court of law and that his family had not been provided any details regarding any cases against him.

He asked the court to ensure the release of the detainees if they were not wanted in any case.

This is the third case of political importance as far as Sindh`s ruling party is concerned.

A few days earlier, another Zardari aide, Ashfaq Leghari, had gone `missing` from the Superhighway within the jurisdiction of the Gadap Town police station.

Leghari`s daughter, Yusra Zainab, too moved the SHC for the recovery of her father.

She said her father went missing while heading toLarkana to attend Zulfikar Ali Bhutto`s death anniversary.

His car was found abandoned near the Quetta Darbar Hotel in Gadap.

The petitioner said she feared her father had been detained illegally by law enforcement agencies and requested the judges to direct them to produce him in a court of law.

Nawab Leghari, a former adviser to the Sindh government and another Zardari aide, had also been whisked away by unidentified people in Islamabad.

IGP Khowaja to continue Another SHC bench adjourned the hearing of applications against the Sindh government`s decision to remove Inspector General of Police A.D. Khowaja toApril 26 as the counsel for the applicants did not appear before the court.

Meanwhile, the bench headed by Justice Munib Akhtar maintained its earlier interim order restraining Mr Khowaja`s removal from the post of IGP.

Civil rights campaigners had approached the SHC for contempt proceedings against the Sindh government after it surrendered the services of Mr Khowaja to the federal government and appointed Additional IG Sardar Abdul Majeed Dasti, a grade-21 officer, as acting IGP on April 1.

On Thursday, the court was informed that the counsel for the applicants, advocate Faisal Siddiqui, was ill and was unable to forward his remaining arguments on the matter.