Two young men have allegedly been forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Turbat, while the body of an 18-year-old student was found days after his disappearance, local sources and a rights group said.
Local sources said a 25-year-old man was detained last week at a checkpoint set up by Pakistani forces in the Jadgal Dun area of Turbat, the main city of Kech district, and later moved to an undisclosed location.
The man was identified as Sameer Ahmed, son of Muhammad Arif and a resident of Allah Bakhsh Kalatuk. His whereabouts remain unknown, the sources said.
In a separate incident on April 6, another man, Ilyas, son of Mia Dad, was detained from his home in the Kogdaan area of Turbat by Pakistani forces. His whereabouts also remain unknown.
Meanwhile, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) said an 18-year-old student, Shayhaq Rahim, was forcibly disappeared by what it described as state-backed “death squads” from the main bazaar in Turbat on March 31 and later found dead on April 5 on a roadside along the Pasni Road.
“This is not just a killing, this is a systematic pattern of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial executions in Balochistan,” the BYC said.
The group called on the United Nations to “take urgent notice of the situation in Balochistan” and urged international human rights organizations to ensure independent investigations and accountability.