Mashkay: A person has gone missing after getting arrested allegedly by personnel of Pakistani security forces.
According to local The Balochistan Post correspondent, family members of a person identified as Basheer s/o Sher Mohammad have alleged that he has been missing since personnel of Pakistani security forces arrested him.
Basheer, who hails from Toba in Mashkay, was arrested six days ago from another area of Mashkay called Thank. Family members say he has not been heard of since.
In last few days, multiple missing persons have been released, however, there has also been a dramatic increase in new disappearances.
The term ‘missing persons’ is widely used in Balochistan to connote persons who are arrested 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.