A man who had reportedly recently returned home after an alleged enforced disappearance was shot dead and his wife injured in an armed attack in Kech district of Balochistan.
The deceased was identified as Amir Noor, a resident of Konshkalat in the Tump area of Kech.
According to local reports, Amir Noor had allegedly been taken into custody by Pakistani security forces in November 2024 and remained missing for an extended period before reappearing four days ago.
Sources said he was travelling to Karachi with his wife for medical treatment when unidentified armed men stopped their passenger bus, forced the couple to disembark, and opened fire. Amir Noor was killed at the scene, while his wife sustained injuries.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, and there has been no official statement from authorities regarding the incident.
Some local residents alleged that the assailants were linked to a state-backed armed group, commonly referred to in the region as a “death squad”.
Kech district has remained one of the most volatile areas of Balochistan, where pro-independence insurgency, counter-insurgency operations, targeted killings and reports of enforced disappearances have persisted for years.
Human rights organisations and families of missing persons have repeatedly called for transparent investigations into disappearances and unlawful killings in the region, while Pakistani authorities maintain that security operations are conducted against militant groups operating in the region.