According to details, Pakistani forces and intelligence agencies allegedly disappeared Muhammad Jan Dashti, the chairman of OST Welfare after arresting him from Karachi.
OST Welfare Organisation is a Balochistan based NGO that offers free support to cancer and other patients who cannot afford treatment.
According to previous reports Pakistani intelligence agencies allegedly disappeared Wafa Baloch, the secretary General of OST Welfare, on July 9 this year, from Karachi.
As per the reports, not only in Balochistan, but enforced disappearances of Baloch political and social activists have also increased in Sindh.
Gorgain Baloch, the leader of BSO Pajjar, has condemned the abduction of the OST welfare’s Chairman Jan Muhammad Dashti by Pakistani army. Even those who devote their lives to serve people are not safe in Pakistan, he said.
Whereas, Nasrullah Baloch, the chairman of Voice for Baloch Missing Persons, has expressed concern over the disappearance of the chairman of OST welfare. Nasrullah Baloch demanded to the government to produce, Abdul Qayyum and Muhammad Jan Dashti to the courts if they are involve in illegal activities, he further said that they should be given a fair trial in accordance with the laws of the country. It it is unconstitutional to torture the people and their families, he expressed.
Enforced disappearances that started in the early 2000s have never slowed down in Balochistan, in fact, Baloch are now being abducted from outside Balochistan, numerous people every year become victims of enforced disappearances.
Local and international campaign groups including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International accuse Pakistani security forces as the culprits of these illegal detentions.