Reports from various districts of Balochistan indicate a continuing pattern of enforced disappearances, arrests, and the recovery of missing persons over the past several days.
According to local sources, Pakistan armed forces allegedly detained a man identified as Abdul Khaliq, son of Ahmed and resident of Parom Saiki Bazaar, district Panjgur, on 30 October. He was reportedly summoned to a nearby camp before being taken into custody and transferred to an undisclosed location. Family members claim that since his detention, his whereabouts remain unknown, causing them severe distress. They have demanded that, if any charges exist against him, he be produced before a court; otherwise, he should be released immediately.
In another development, two unidentified bodies were recovered in the districts of Turbat and Mastung. Police stated that residents discovered the bodies early on Sunday morning and informed authorities, who transported them to local hospitals for post-mortem examination and identification. Police officials said that efforts are underway to establish the identities of the deceased.
In a separate incident on Saturday, police in Mastung recovered the body of an unidentified man within the jurisdiction of the Wali Khan Police Station and shifted it to Nawab Ghaus Bakhsh Raisani Memorial Hospital for identification and post-mortem procedures.
Further reports suggest new cases of enforced disappearances alongside the recovery of previously missing persons. On 30 October, a man named Basir Ahmed, son of Sudheer, was allegedly detained by Pakistani forces in Panjgur’s Issa Kahen area and has not been seen since. Similarly, in Khuzdar district, Abdul Sattar, son of Jan Mohammad, was reportedly taken by members of a state-backed militia from Nal Bazaar on 29 October, after which his family received no information regarding his fate or location.
Meanwhile, in Turbat’s Aliabad Koshkalat area, two previously missing youths — Shahjan, son of Abdul Majeed, and Abdul Hafeez, son of Master Maula Bakhsh — have returned home after reportedly being released on 1 November. The two were taken into custody on 27 October. In a similar case, Zameer, son of Noor-ul-Haq, who was detained in Panjgur on 29 October, has also been released and reunited with his family.
However, two more individuals from Panjgur — Hamza, son of Mohammad Alam, and Shah Hussain, son of Shafi Jan — were reportedly detained the same day and remain missing.
The issue of enforced disappearances has remained a longstanding and deeply concerning human rights problem in Balochistan. Human rights organisations continue to call on Pakistani government to address these recurring incidents, investigate all reports transparently, and ensure that those in custody are presented before a court of law in accordance with constitutional and international legal obligations.