The third body brought to Teaching Hospital after an alleged fake encounter in Balochistan’s Turbat has been identified as a previously disappeared man.
Family members confirmed on Sunday that the victim is Irshad Zabad, who was allegedly taken into custody by Pakistani forces in April from the Kolwah area.
His body was brought to the hospital alongside two others on Saturday.
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According to Pakistani authorities, all three men were killed in an armed clash in the Hoshab area of Kech district.
Families and local sources, however, claimed the incident was a staged encounter.
The other two victims were identified on Saturday.
They include Imran, son of Abdul Wahid, a resident of Dashti Bazaar, who was reportedly disappeared on 9 April, and Hamid, son of Mola Dad, a resident of Absar, who was taken into custody on 14 April.
According to Paank, the human rights wing of the Baloch National Movement (BNM), the victims were abducted in separate raids and held incommunicado before their bodies were discovered in Hoshab on Saturday.
Paank described the killings as part of a broader pattern of “enforced disappearances, custodial torture, and extrajudicial executions in Balochistan.”
“These are grave violations of the right to life and liberty under international human rights law, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,” Paank said in a statement.
The group also highlighted the inhumane disposal of Irshad’s body, which it said was dumped in a garbage site — an act it called “a flagrant insult to the dignity of the deceased and their family.”
The group called for an immediate and independent investigation into the killings, as well as prosecution of those responsible. It also urged international human rights observers to be granted access to Balochistan.