Baloch human rights group raises alarm over surge in enforced disappearances

A Baloch human rights body on Saturday strongly condemned the ongoing wave of enforced disappearances across Balochistan, where civilians are being abducted by Pakistani security forces with complete impunity.

Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, Paank, revealed that on June 11, Dil Jan, son of Basheer Ahmed and a resident of Turbat in the province of Balochistan, was forcibly disappeared by Pakistani security forces at the Ormara check post in Gwadar district of the province. “On June 13, 2025, Abid Aziz, son of Abdul Aziz, a resident of Balina Khattan area of Khuzdar and a second-semester law student at the University of Balochistan, was abducted by law enforcement agencies while returning home from the university library,” read a statement issued by the rights body on Saturday.

According to a report by Paank, there were as many as 128 cases of enforced disappearances from Balochistan in May. In the same month, 35 people were released after mental and physical torture across Balochistan.

The report revealed that multiple cases of enforced disappearances and illegal detentions were reported across 15 districts of Balochistan, including 10 cases of enforced disappearances from Karachi, Sindh.

The rights body highlighted that Gwadar and Kech district of Balochistan have recorded the highest number of incidents of forced disappearance.(IANS)

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