Two Baloch women were forcibly disappeared in separate raids in Balochistan’s Khuzdar and Kech districts, family members and rights groups said, in the latest cases involving Baloch women.
According to reports, Pakistani forces entered a residence in the Istakhli area of Naal in Khuzdar on April 22, assaulted family members and took Sameena, daughter of Dost Muhammad and a resident of Ornach, into custody. Her cousin, Qambar, son of Latif, was also detained during the operation. Both were transferred to an undisclosed location and have not been produced before a court.
The Human Rights Council of Balochistan (HRCB) confirmed the incident, stating that Sameena and Qambar were forcibly disappeared and that their whereabouts remain unknown, describing the rise in cases involving women as “deeply concerning”.
In a separate case, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) said 22-year-old Gul Banuk, daughter of Taj Muhammad, was taken into custody during a late-night raid in the Singabad area of Kech district on April 14, 2026. According to the group, her whereabouts remain unknown.
BYC leader Dr Sabiha Baloch said the case raised serious concerns regarding due process and lawful detention, adding that the disappearance of Baloch women reflects what she described as an expanding pattern of state repression.
“Women are taken to pressure families and to deter public dissent,” she said, adding that detainees are often later presented after periods of incommunicado detention in circumstances that raise concerns of “coercion”.
She said practices including secret detention and denial of legal safeguards undermine legal norms and require independent scrutiny, and called for the immediate disclosure of Gul Banuk’s whereabouts and her safe release.
The latest incidents follow a series of reported detentions involving Baloch women in recent days.
Earlier this week, Khadija Baloch, a nursing student, was allegedly taken during a raid on the Bolan Medical College hostel in Quetta. On April 16, Haseena Baloch, a resident of Awaran, was reportedly detained during a raid in Karachi’s Naval Colony area and moved to an undisclosed location.
Rights groups say five Baloch women have been subjected to enforced disappearance in April alone, while approximately 15 women have been reported missing in recent months across Balochistan and Karachi.