The wave of enforced disappearances in Balochistan shows no sign of slowing, with four more men allegedly abducted by Pakistani forces in recent days. Meanwhile, the family of a missing police officer staged a highway sit-in to demand his safe recovery.
In the early hours of Saturday, a large contingent of Pakistani forces allegedly raided a home in Sari Kahn, a locality in Turbat, and took two brothers into custody.
According to local sources, the troops entered the house of Takhseen Kareem at around 3am, violating the sanctity of privacy. Both Takhseen and his younger brother, Khaleefa Kareem, were allegedly beaten during the raid and later taken away to an undisclosed location.
Family members said Takhseen is employed as a field worker in the Department of Agriculture, while Khaleefa works as a Zamyad (pickup truck) driver.
According to PAANK, the human rights department of Baloch National Movement (BNM), this is not the first time Takhseen has been subjected to enforced disappearance. On 11 February 2022, he was reportedly abducted by Pakistani Rangers from Saima Mall in Karachi and remained missing for five months before being produced in court.
Since then, he had been regularly attending court hearings in Karachi related to his previous detention. Despite this, PAANK said, he has once again become a victim of enforced disappearance—this time along with his younger brother.
“PAANK strongly condemns this repeated act of enforced disappearance and holds the Pakistani state and its security apparatus fully responsible for the continued and systematic human rights violations in Balochistan,” the group said in a statement.
On 13 June 2025, Abid Aziz, son of Abdul Aziz and a resident of the Balina Khattan area of Khuzdar, was reportedly abducted by law enforcement agencies while returning home from the University of Balochistan library. Aziz is a second-semester law student. His family has called for his immediate release.
Another case was reported in Mastung district, where a young man named Syed Anas Shah was allegedly detained by security forces while travelling in a passenger van from Quetta to Kalat.
According to witnesses, the vehicle was stopped at a checkpoint in Khadkucha, where Shah was taken into custody. His whereabouts remain unknown.
Meanwhile, in Kech district, the family of Ghulam Jan, a police officer who was reportedly disappeared by Pakistani forces, staged a sit-in protest on the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) highway.
The demonstration blocked traffic for several hours, leading to long queues of vehicles. The family urged senior officials and the police administration to ensure his safe recovery.
Human rights organisations say enforced disappearances and custodial killings have sharply increased in Balochistan in 2025. In its latest monthly report, PAANK said at least 128 people were forcibly disappeared and 27 were killed in Balochistan during May.
The group called on the international community to intervene and hold Pakistan accountable for what it described as “systematic and dangerous violations” of human rights in Balochistan.