Six individuals, including three students, have reportedly been forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces from Lahore, Punjab and different areas of Balochistan.
According to reports, on Wednesday night, Pakistani forces and intelligence agencies raided the hostels of Punjab University and the University of Lahore, allegedly detaining three students and moving them to undisclosed locations.
The detainees were identified as Ikram Mengal, a student at Punjab University; Shamrez Badini, a student at Superior University Lahore; and Deedag Baloch, an economics student at the University of Lahore. Ikram Mengal was later released, while the other two remain missing.
The Baloch Students Council condemned the incident, stating that these actions specifically target Baloch students, and called for the safe release of their colleagues.
Baloch students have also shared CCTV footage showing armed men in police uniforms and civilian clothes involved in the forced disappearance.
In another incident on October 9, Pakistani forces allegedly detained a man named Muslim, son of Akhtar Sumalani, from the Korhasak area of Balochistan’s Khuzdar district.
Meanwhile, On the morning of October 10, Pakistani security forces and the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) raided a house in Askani Bazaar and forcibly disappeared two men, Wafa Manzoor Baloch and Moheem Jan Baloch.
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) confirmed the enforced disappearance, noting that Wafa, who comes from a poor family, works as a tailor, while Moheem is a biochemistry student at Turbat University and was in the middle of his midterm exams.
Additionally, the Baloch National Movement’s (BNM) human rights wing, Paank, reported that on October 8, Pakistani forces forcibly disappeared a man named Ali Muhammad from his shop in the Jhao area of Awaran.
Balochistan is witnessing a surge in enforced disappearances. Earlier, Pakistani intelligence agencies, along with military personnel, reportedly detained two Baloch youths—Junaid, son of Abdul Hameed, and Imran, son of Muhammad Iqbal—from the industrial city of Hub Chowki.
Balochistan has long been a hotspot for enforced disappearances, a practice in which individuals are secretly detained by state agencies without due process. Human rights organizations have consistently raised concerns about the situation, alleging that thousands of Baloch men, activists, and students have been forcibly disappeared over the years.
Despite repeated calls from human rights groups and international organizations, the issue remains unresolved, with the cycle of abductions, recoveries, and extrajudicial killings continuing unabated.