Two new cases of enforced disappearance have been reported in Balochistan, while another man previously “missing” has been presented before a court.
According to local accounts, Pakistani forces raided the home of a man named Quddus in the Killi Jamaldini area of Noshki on 24 September and took his son, Waqar Baloch, to an undisclosed location. The family state that they have received no information about his whereabouts since.
In a separate incident on 21 September, singer Zubair Qaisrani, a resident of Koh-e-Sulaiman, was reportedly detained by security forces and also moved to an undisclosed location.
Meanwhile, Saddam Hussain Kurd, who was previously reported missing, was produced before the Anti-Terrorism Court in Quetta and transferred to Huda Jail. Authorities said he had been detained at Khan Restaurant near Jabal Noor in Quetta, though relatives claim he was initially taken on 19 July from his home in Faizabad, Quetta, in front of his wife, and held without contact for more than two months before his detention was formally acknowledged.
Protests against enforced disappearances continue across Balochistan. The sit-in camp of Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) outside Quetta Press Club has now entered its 5,950th day. Families of the missing have continued to call for an end to disappearances and for the safe recovery of their relatives.
Rights groups allege that in some cases, individuals who were previously disappeared are later presented in court with retrospective arrests shown and charges filed, a practice they describe as undermining due process. Authorities have not commented on these claims.