«If we simply consider the press release, over 800 people have gone missing in Pakistan since 2001.»

The most heated topic in Pakistan today is the issue of the missing people. Recently, President Musharraf suspended the Chief Justice of the Pakistan Supreme court. The main reason behind this move is said to be the Chief Justice's actions on habeas corpus petitions concerning the missing people. The dismissal led to nation-wide riots and almost brought down General Musharraf's government forcing them to set-up a commission to inquire into the whereabouts of the missing people. This is first and to date most comprehensive story about what happened to these people.

Syed Shoaib Hasan is employed with the British Broadcasting Corporation as news correspondent in Pakistan since October 2006. He was previously working with the Herald Magazine, part of the Dawn Group of Newspapers, Pakistan's largest English language publication group. Hasan has covered diverse topics from lifestyles to natural calamities to civic issues.
The major body of his work is concentrated on conflict and regional politics, particularly the war on terror and its fallout.