A young man has reportedly been forcibly disappeared in Turbat, in Balochistan’s Kech district, while another, previously missing, has returned home in Quetta.
According to local sources, on 13 October, Pakistani armed forces detained Rehmat, son of Muhammad Bakhsh, a motorcycle mechanic, from his workshop in Turbat.
Family members said they have received no information about his condition or whereabouts and appealed to human rights organizations to intervene for his safe release.
“Rehmat has no political affiliations. He was taken from his workshop in front of witnesses, and since then, there has been complete silence,” a family member said.
In Quetta, the capital of Balochistan, a young man identified as Saqib Buzdar, who was reportedly forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces on 27 August, has been released and returned home, his family confirmed.
Meanwhile, the family of Ghani Baloch, who has been missing since May 2025, held a press conference at the Quetta Press Club, demanding his recovery.
The family said that despite more than 140 days having passed since Ghani’s disappearance, there has been no information about his whereabouts or those responsible for his abduction.
“We have followed every legal and constitutional avenue, approached the courts, and provided all available evidence,” the family said. “Yet none of the institutions have made any progress in the investigation.”
They said the Khuzdar District and Sessions Court dismissed their petition on the grounds that they had failed to prove the occurrence of an enforced disappearance, a claim the family rejected, arguing that it is the state’s responsibility to investigate, not the victims’.
They added that the police had failed to obtain records from the transport company or review surveillance footage from the day Ghani went missing. “More than four months have passed, yet Ghani has neither been produced in court nor have we been informed of his location,” they said. “This is a violation not only of the constitution but also of basic human rights.”
The family appealed to the judiciary, human rights bodies, and the media to raise their voices for Ghani’s recovery, vowing that they would not remain silent until he safely returns home.
In a post on X, Dr Sabiha Baloch, a leader of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), said Ghani’s case was part of “a systematic campaign targeting educated voices in Balochistan.”
She wrote that the abductions of intellectuals, writers and human-rights defenders “violate Pakistan’s obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the UN Convention against Enforced Disappearances,” calling such acts “crimes under international law.”
“The world must demand answers,” she added. “Enforced disappearances destroy families, suppress education, and extinguish truth. Ghani Baloch must be released immediately, and those responsible held accountable.”