Six men, including three brothers, were allegedly forcibly disappeared during a raid in Panjgur district of Balochistan on Monday, local sources said, while the family of another missing man demanded his recovery at a press conference in Quetta.
Pakistani forces carried out house raids in the Hakeem Bazaar area of Parom in Panjgur, during which the men were detained and moved to an undisclosed location, sources said.
Those disappeared were identified as Sabir, Shareef and Shakeel, sons of Ghulam Hussain; Mukhtiar, son of Ghulam Rasool; Hussain, son of Nisar; and Maula Bakhsh, son of Sakhi Dad.
In a related development, Aamir, son of Jasim Walidad, a resident of Mand in Kech district who had been forcibly disappeared from Gwadar on December 26 last year, and Ilyas, son of Miadad, who was disappeared on April 6, were released, sources said.
Separately, the wife of Mohammad Siddique Langove held a press conference calling for the immediate recovery of her husband, who she said was forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces from their home in Killi Ismail at around midnight on April 7.
She said the family had received no information about his whereabouts and was living in “complete uncertainty,” adding that their children continued to ask about their father.
She appealed to authorities and the judiciary to ensure that if her husband faced any allegations, he should be produced before a court.
Pakistani authorities did not immediately comment on the cases.