Overview

• The bench directed the Defence Ministry to confirm by October 6 which ISI officer — the deputy director general or the relevant sector commander — will brief the court, allowing up to five officers if needed.
• Officials presented an online receipt for a Rs5 million transfer to Omar Abdullah’s family, though the family told the court the funds had not yet been received.
• Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani said financial aid cannot replace answers and asked officers to state whether Abdullah is alive, dead, abroad, in hiding, or in an Afghan prison.
• He warned the matter could move toward criminal proceedings and criticized parliamentary inaction, citing commission data listing 572 missing persons.
• The court adjourned the contempt case until October 6 for the in-camera briefing after appearances by law officers and a Defence Ministry representative.