Authorities in Balochistan’s Panjgur district have recovered the body of a young man, marking the second such discovery reported in the area within a single day.
Police sources stated that Zameer had reportedly been abducted by unidentified individuals on 3 March and had remained missing since then. After several days without information about his whereabouts, his body was discovered in the Washaap area.
Local residents alleged that Zameer had been forcibly disappeared by government-backed militias, often referred to locally as “death squads”. However, authorities have not issued an official statement regarding these claims.
The incident is linked to a family that has previously faced a history of violence and alleged abductions. Zameer’s father, Nasir Dagarzai, was reportedly abducted by Pakistani security forces in 2011. According to sources familiar with the case, he was shot and left for dead but survived the incident.
Later the same year, on 25th of May 2011, Nasir Dagarzai was reportedly abducted again and after two months his body was found in Quetta, the capital city of Balochistan.
His story later inspired a film titled The Line of Freedom, released in 2013. The film, directed and produced by David Whitney and starring Antonio Aakeel, is said to have been based on events linked to Nasir’s abduction and killing by Pakistani forces. Reports at the time indicated that some individuals involved in the film’s production, including its lead actor, allegedly received threats following its release.
Years later, the killing of Nasir’s son has once again drawn attention to the family’s history. Zameer had reportedly gone missing several days earlier before his body was discovered.
The development comes amid a series of similar incidents reported in the region. On the same day, another body was also recovered in Panjgur, reportedly belonging to an individual from Balochistan’s Kalat district.
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According to local reports and documentation by rights groups, around 24 cases involving the recovery of bodies or targeted killings of Baloch individuals have been reported in Panjgur over the past two months. Baloch activists and some human rights groups have described these incidents as part of what they allege to be a pattern of systematic violence against the Baloch population. Authorities have not publicly responded to these characterisations.