Quetta, September 15, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
A leading human rights organisation has expressed grave concern over the continuing cases of enforced disappearances in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, reporting the latest disappearance of a 20-year-old student and tailor from Turbat.
Paank, the human rights department of the Baloch National Movement (BNM), said Fahad Anwar, son of Anwar and a resident of Mullahi Bazar in Turbat, was allegedly forcibly taken from his home at around 1 a.m. on August 19.
According to Paank, Fahad is a student who also works as a tailor at a cloth-sewing shop in Turbat.
“His family has the right to know his fate and whereabouts,” the organisation said, urging the relevant authorities to investigate the case and end the practice of enforced disappearances in Balochistan.
Paank also referred to several other alleged disappearances reported in recent months. It said 40-year-old Saddam Bugti was allegedly abducted from the Nawab Bazar area of Dera Bugti district on August 29, allegedly by personnel of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD).
In another incident, two labourers, 28-year-old Majid Shahwani and Abdur Razzaq, were allegedly taken from the same area on August 26 by the CTD and police, according to the rights organisation.
Paank further said that 23-year-old Muhammad Nasir was allegedly taken from his residence in Quetta in July by the ISI and CTD.
“Enforced disappearance violates fundamental human rights and must be immediately ended,” Paank said, calling on Pakistani authorities to disclose the fate and whereabouts of those reported missing and ensure that anyone detained is held according to law and afforded due process.
Separately, the Baloch Women Forum (BWF) on August 30 condemned the alleged enforced disappearance of three civilians, including two minor girls, in Kech district.
The victims were identified as 17-year-old Shahnaz, 14-year-old Sharanaz and 50-year-old Arif Essa. BWF said the two girls were students and had allegedly been subjected to enforced disappearance previously.
The organisation described the repeated alleged abduction of minors as a serious violation of their fundamental rights and expressed concern over what it described as an increasing targeting of Baloch women, girls and students.
BWF said families were being deprived of their relatives without explanation or information about their safety and whereabouts, and called for civilians to remain protected under the law.
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