The families of five missing persons protested in front of Swat Press Club on Monday and demanded the early recovery of their loved ones, reported Dawn.

Holding photographs of their missing relatives, the protesters chanted slogans and demanded authorities to inform them about the missing persons whereabouts, according to the report.

The demonstrators, including Syed Karimullah, Syed Rahim, Shahid Ali Khan, Nasir, Aminuddin and Mohammad Ihsan, said their five loved ones, who had been missing for the last 10 years, should be produced in courts.

They appealed to the chief justice of Pakistan, the army chief and the prime minister to help them in tracing the whereabouts of the missing people as they did not know whether their loved ones were alive or dead.

Family members of other missing people, who have not heard from their loved ones, alleged that their relatives were still in custody of security forces after serving their jail terms. They demanded that the authorities give them permission to visit their loved ones languishing in jails.

They bemoaned the helplessness of their family members, saying "women and children, of the missing persons have no one to take care of them”, adding they were dependent upon their neighbours and relatives for food and medical needs.

In February 2021, the relatives of scores of missing persons who belonged to Swat alleged that their relatives were picked from homes and workplaces during 2009-10 but they were yet to be presented before any court, according to a Dawn report.

During a press conference at Peshawar Press Club, they said that the courts had ordered the release of at least 270 people but many of them were not released so far.

As per details given by families, the missing people included underage boys, who were students of different schools and colleges, while eight of the missing persons belonged to the same family.

Last year, an accord was signed between Jamat-e-Islami leader Maulana Hidayat ur Rehman and the government officials , which included the recovery of missing persons from Balochistan following a month-long sit-in at the port city, Gwadar.

So far, no missing people have been recovered.

In the beginning of the month, the senior leadership of JI warned the Balochistan government that they would organise a long march against it in the provincial capital if their demands were not met.