Scores have reportedly been arrested in Sibbi and Mashkay as Pakistani security forces conduct raids.
According to details received by The Balochistan Post, at least seven persons have been ‘abducted’ from Sibbi, whereas, multiple people have been taken away from Mashkay during different raids.
In raids conducted by Pakistani security forces near Lehri in Sibbi, at least 7 persons were arrested and subsequently taken away. Two of the arrested have been identified as Sultan s/o Horan and Kudbadan s/o Pahar Deen, whereas, the identity of others is yet to be ascertained.
Similar raids were conducted in different areas of Koh-e-Jaani and Koh-e-Patindhar, located in Mashkay.
According to reports, all the roads in the vicinity have been blocked, which has made it difficult to receive detailed information of the raids from the area. However, locals have claimed ‘multiple people’ have been ‘abducted’ by Pakistani security forces.
The term ‘abducted’ is widely used in Balochistan to connote arrests made by security forces as the arrested are not presented before court of law and instead kept in military camps.
According to Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP), a campaign group by families of victims, more than 20,000 Baloch men, women and children are under Pakistani custody. VBMP also alleges that at least 5,000 missing persons have been killed and dumped over last one decade.
International campaign groups including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International also accuse Pakistani security forces as the culprits of ‘illegal abductions in Balochistan’.