Reports of enforced disappearances continue to emerge from multiple districts of Balochistan, where five additional individuals have allegedly been taken into custody by Pakistani security forces and subsequently disappeared, according to local sources and families.
According to details provided by local sources, on February 3, 2026, at approximately 6:30 p.m., Pakistani forces detained Imdad Syed s/o Syed Muhammad, aged 25 and a resident of Balgatar, from Koh-e-Murad Ziarat in Turbat, Kech. He was reportedly taken into custody and allegedly forcibly disappeared.
Earlier, on February 2, 2026, at around 2:00 a.m., Pakistani forces allegedly detained Ilyas Baloch s/o Mir Sultan Mullahzai and a resident of Killi Ghazgi in Mastung from his home and subsequently disappeared him.
On January 29, 2026, at approximately 1:00 a.m., Afzal s/o Soli, aged 22 and a resident of Duki Bazaar Aapsar in Turbat, Kech, was reportedly detained from his home by Pakistani forces and allegedly forcibly disappeared.
In a separate incident, on February 10, 2026, at around 6:30 p.m., Yaser Lehri s/o Abdullah Lehri, aged 26 and a resident of Khardan in Kalat, was reportedly taken into custody by Pakistani forces from Mughalzai Main RCD Road in Kalat and allegedly disappeared.
Sources said that after being detained, the individuals were moved to undisclosed locations. Their families have not been informed of their whereabouts or condition. Relatives have expressed serious concern, stating that if there are charges against them, they should be presented before a court of law.
The reported cases come amid growing concern from human rights circles over what they describe as a rise in enforced disappearances across Balochistan.
Separately, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has described the enforced disappearance and subsequent recovery of the bodies of four Baloch men – Muhammad Fareed Baloch, Muhammad Anwar Baloch, Pazeer Baloch, and Karim Jan – as deeply alarming, calling them fresh examples of alleged extrajudicial actions and serious human rights violations in Balochistan.
The BYC said that on February 6, 2026, the body of 20-year-old farmer Muhammad Fareed Baloch, a resident of Killi Safar Ali Jangal in Duki, was recovered bearing signs of torture. According to BYC, he had been forcibly taken from his home on June 4, 2025. His family searched for him for eight months but received no information from authorities regarding his fate.
BYC said Fareed Baloch’s death reflects what it described as an ongoing pattern of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Balochistan.
In the same locality of Killi Safar Ali Jangal in Duki, 44-year-old farmer Muhammad Anwar Baloch was allegedly detained on June 4, 2025, immediately after offering prayers outside a mosque. Approximately seven months later, on January 4, 2026, his body was reportedly dumped. BYC described Anwar Baloch as a laboring citizen and said his killing underscores what it termed continued state repression in Balochistan.
In another case, 32-year-old Pazeer Baloch, a resident of Washbod in Panjgur, was reportedly detained on November 25, 2025, by what BYC described as state-backed groups. Two months later, on February 7, 2026, his body bearing alleged signs of torture was found in Washbood. BYC stated that visible injuries suggested he had been subjected to inhumane treatment during detention.
Similarly, 35-year-old driver Karim Jan, a resident of Turbat, was reportedly detained on January 3, 2026, from Star Plus Market in Turbat by individuals in plain clothes. His family was not informed of his arrest or place of detention. Nearly a month later, on February 1, 2026, his body was recovered from Balgatar in Panjgur, reportedly bearing signs of torture.
BYC stated that Karim Jan was an ordinary civilian and described his killing as a clear example of what it called a continuing policy of enforced disappearance followed by extrajudicial killing in Balochistan.
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee characterized all four cases as part of ongoing serious human rights violations in Balochistan, alleging that enforced disappearances, unlawful detention, torture and extrajudicial killings have taken the form of a systematic policy affecting ordinary citizens, farmers, laborers and youth alike.
According to BYC, these actions constitute violations of international human rights law, including Articles 6 and 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
The group has called on the United Nations, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and other international bodies to conduct independent investigations into enforced disappearances in Balochistan, hold those responsible for extrajudicial killings accountable, and help ensure justice for affected families.
BYC further stated that international silence, in its view, contributes to the continuation of such incidents.