Two men have reportedly been forcibly disappeared in Mastung and Gwadar districts of Balochistan, while two previously missing men from Mastung and Kech have returned home. Meanwhile, the Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) continued its protest camp in Quetta for the 6,391st consecutive day, demanding the recovery of Ghulam Haider and other forcibly disappeared persons.
According to reports, Frontier Corps (FC) personnel raided a house in the Jangal Cross area of Mastung at around 1 am on 12 October 2026 and detained 26-year-old Muhammad Asif, son of Lal Muhammad. He was reportedly transferred to an undisclosed location.
Muhammad Asif is a garage mechanic and a resident of Jangal Cross, Mastung.
In a separate incident, 19-year-old student Rahim Lal, son of Lal Bakhsh, was allegedly taken into custody from his home in Ward No. 7 of Pasni, Gwadar district, at around 1 am on 27 June 2026. According to sources, personnel from the Pakistani military, Military Intelligence (MI) and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) detained him and transferred him to an undisclosed location.
Meanwhile, Mumtaz Baloch, son of Sultan Muhammad and a resident of Mastung, was recovered from Quetta on 16 October. He was allegedly forcibly disappeared on 5 June 2026.
Similarly, Abdul Ghaffar, son of Hussain and a resident of the Balagtar area of Kech district, has also been recovered. He was reportedly forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces on 9 October 2026 and was recovered on 15 October from Uthal, in Lasbela district, according to reports.
The developments come as the VBMP’s protest camp against enforced disappearances continues outside the Quetta Press Club for the 6,391st consecutive day.
People from different walks of life visited the camp and expressed solidarity with the families of missing persons.
The parents of Ghulam Haider, who was allegedly forcibly disappeared from Quetta’s Eastern Bypass on 12 March, attended the protest camp. They said that a case concerning their son’s disappearance had been registered against Pakistani security forces following an order by the relevant commission. Police had also recorded statements from eyewitnesses, they added.
Despite these developments, the family said they had received no information about Ghulam Haider’s whereabouts. They appealed to senior authorities to ensure his recovery.
VBMP Chairman Nasrullah Baloch called for the recovery of Ghulam Haider and all other forcibly disappeared persons.
The cases come amid continuing reports of enforced disappearances in Balochistan, where families, human rights groups and political organisations have repeatedly raised concerns about individuals allegedly being detained and subsequently held incommunicado. Pakistani authorities have denied involvement in many such cases and maintain that security operations in the region are conducted in accordance with the law.
In its six-month human rights report covering January to June 2026, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) documented 507 alleged cases of enforced disappearance across Balochistan, including 135 involving students, teachers and researchers.
The Human Rights Council of Balochistan (HRCB) documented 87 cases of enforced disappearance in its monthly report for August 2026, including eight women and 17 teenagers.