CAT/C/55/D/512/2012 5.5 In response to the State party’s observation that the communication is inadmissible as manifestly unfounded, the complainant states that although the affidavits he provided were from close family members, these family members were victimized because of him. He maintains that the State party appears to be unaware of the nature of police investigations in Pakistan; that the police would have tortured and arrested him during the investigation of the relevant cases if he had been in Pakistan; that the Pakistani police has been on the payroll of the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) party, which had him arrested, for the past 35 years in Punjab; and that that party victimizes its political opponents through the police and has ties to Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) and Tehreek-eTaliban Pakistan. The complainant also argues that although the State party observes that the alleged perpetrators are being prosecuted by the Government of Pakistan, those legal proceedings are just for “drama to show the public that everything is going well”, and all of the suspects are out on bail and are living comfortably in their homes. He further asserts that the State party did not explain its observation that the harm feared by him does not constitute torture under article 1 of the Convention. 5.6 In his further submission dated 27 November 2014, the complainant adds to the factual background of the complaint, and specifies that his life is being threatened by three different parties: the Government of Pakistan; the anti-Shia groups LeJ and Sipah-e-Sahaba, which have always enjoyed strong relations with the PML-N and have resumed killing campaigns against Shi’a Muslims throughout Pakistan; and S.A., who is currently a member of the Khatm-e-Nabowat party and who enjoys a strong relationship with the PML-N. He asserts that he was an active member of the PPP and actively campaigned for Benazir Bhutto in the 1988 elections in Lahore, that he was later the campaign manager of the PPP for several constituencies in Lahore, and that due to his campaigning, some of the PML-N candidates for office suffered humiliating defeats in their constituencies. The complainant maintains that after that election, the PML-N hunted and punished those members of the opposition who had caused problems for the party, and that he was one of the party’s prime targets. The complainant states that the PML-N had him arrested on false charges, after which he was not taken to a police station but rather to a torture cell. 5.7 The complainant submits that he was put in a cold, dirty and dusty room, was tied up and had a cloth put around his mouth. He was tortured for several days and interrogated about the whereabouts of his colleagues, and several methods of torture were used: cold water was poured over his face, he was hit with sticks and he was punched in the stomach and face. The punches to his face broke several bones in his face and deformed it and he had to have surgery, in which the doctors put a plastic plate under his left eye. When he was released from the torture cell, he found out that his wife and children had gone into hiding in Jhang and reunited with them, but was soon tracked down by S.A., who was a member of Jamaat-e-Islami and a friend of the founding members of the LeJ; and, even before his release, S.A. had confronted the complainant’s wife and his other family members, blaming the complainant for ruining his niece’s life by making her commit blasphemy and vowing to avenge this. The house where the complainant was hiding did not have a telephone, and one day, a neighbor banged on the door and told the complainant that he had received a phone call from the complainant’s cousin in Lahore, who had advised that the complainant flee Jhang because S.A. had found out that he was staying there and was about to arrive with three cars full of thugs from the Jamaat-e-Islami and LeJ parties. He had no choice but to leave his wife and children and flee. Because he had no money, he had to run on foot for complainant was a good and honest worker in the PPP and does not want to return to Pakistan for fear that his life will be in danger; and that PPP Lahore can “say without a doubt that he will definitely get killed upon his arrival in Pakistan”. 9