Quetta, September 5, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
Four Baloch civilians were allegedly forcibly disappeared by Pakistani security forces in separate incidents, a leading human rights organisation claimed on Saturday, amid continuing allegations of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances across Balochistan.
Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, said youth Ammar Baloch was allegedly forcibly disappeared from Lahore on September 3.
According to the rights body, Ammar had pursued higher education abroad before returning to Pakistan to build his future. It alleged that Pakistani security forces took him away and that his whereabouts remain unknown.
“His disappearance demonstrates the insecurity faced by educated Baloch youth, including those pursuing academic and professional careers both inside and outside Balochistan,” Paank said.
In a separate incident, Adnan Baloch, a labourer from the Gebun region of Balochistan, was allegedly forcibly disappeared during a late-night raid in the early hours of September 2. His whereabouts also remain unknown, according to Paank.
“Adnan’s disappearance shows that this practice affects Baloch people regardless of their education, profession or economic background. Labourers and working-class families are particularly vulnerable, as the disappearance of a family member can bring severe psychological suffering and economic hardship,” the organisation said.
Paank also condemned the alleged enforced disappearance of twin brothers Muhammad and Ahmad in Gebun on September 2.
The rights body claimed that Pakistani security forces entered the brothers’ family home and took them into custody before transferring them to an undisclosed location. It said authorities had provided no information about their whereabouts, legal status or physical condition.
Paank said both brothers were daily wage labourers supporting their family through manual work and had no political affiliation or criminal record. It alleged that they were taken without warrants or being informed of any charges and had been denied access to lawyers, family members or a court.
Calling enforced disappearance a grave violation of international human rights law, Paank said secret detention and concealment of a person’s fate and whereabouts could expose detainees to risks of torture, ill-treatment and other abuses while leaving families in prolonged uncertainty.
The organisation urged the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, international human rights organisations and the diplomatic community to press Pakistan to disclose the fate of forcibly disappeared persons and end the practice of enforced disappearance.
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