Ten people have gone missing from Kech district of Balochistan in past 3 days.
According to reports, a Baloch youth named Bilal s/o Haibatan went missing from Tump area of Kech district.
Local sources told TBP that, Bilal was forcefully disappeared by the government-backed group from Husk-abad town of Tump. However, no steps are being taken by the district authorities regarding the incident, they said.
Earlier on Saturday, Pakistani forces reportedly raided the houses of several people including the vice chairman of the Baloch National Movement, Ghulam Nabi, in Tump. Forces allegedly detained 6 persons during raids. Their whereabouts are unknown since.
The abductees have been identified as Qayyum son of Mullah Bilal, Sabit son of Mullah Bilal, Waju Shaihak son of Daad Karim, Majid son of Rasheed, Israel son of Hussain and Alam son of Salam.
It is learned by the locals that during the operation, women and children were severely tortured and valuables in the houses were looted by the forces.
Whereas, on Friday, Pakistani forces and intelligence agencies reportedly launched an operation in Gomazi area of Kech district. As per the reports, forces arrested three persons including an elderly man and shifted them to unknown locations.
The missing persons have been identified as 60-year-old Khuda-daad, Saghir Baloch and Tariq Baloch.
Enforced disappearances in Balochistan have taken a serious turn. Last month, a meeting was held between the Prime Minister of Pakistan and the families of Baloch missing persons, in which the Premier assured that positive progress would be made regarding the missing persons. While a few persons have been recovered in past weeks but several others have gone missing.
It is to mention that Haji Abdullah Qalandrani, father of two missing persons Fida Ahmed and Ziaullah passed away on Saturday. While waiting went missing from Totak area of Khuzdar district of Balochistan, passed away last night.
Fida Ahmed was reportedly abducted by the Pakistani forces during a military operation in Tootak town of Khuzdar district, in 2011. While, his brother Ziaullah was forcibly disappeared a year later.
Haji Abdullah Qalandarani was in coma for a long time and he passed away while waiting the return of his young sons. He was a key member of the Balochistan National Party.
In this regard, BNP chief Sardar Akhtar Mengal said in a tweet: “the separation of two young sons is worst than death. Real death comes only once, but in those 9 years he would have died many times.”