Two men were abducted in Balochistan’s Kech district, local sources said, while the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) demanded an inquiry into the deaths of two previously missing youths.
The men were identified as Hamood, son of Muhammad Jan, and Sultan, son of Usman. Family members alleged that those who raided the house in Balochabad, Mand, belonged to a government-backed armed group locally referred to as a “death squad”.
Local sources said women and children in the house were also subjected to violence and harassment. Hamood had reportedly been subjected to enforced disappearance on a previous occasion.
Meanwhile, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) called for an independent investigation into the deaths of Mehran Baloch and 19-year-old student Yasir, whose bodies were recovered in Buleda following their alleged enforced disappearances.
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According to the BYC, Mehran, son of Haji Akbar and a resident of Minaz, Buleda, was detained by Pakistani forces during a raid on his home on November 16, 2025, and taken to a military camp. The committee said his family received no information about his whereabouts until his body was recovered in Buleda on October 21, 2026.
In a separate statement, the BYC said Yasir, son of Baloch Khan, was detained from his home in Minaz by Frontier Corps (FC) personnel on March 2, 2026, and subsequently disappeared. It said his body was dumped in Buleda’s Salo Kaur area more than seven months later.
The BYC described the deaths as part of a continuing pattern of enforced disappearances, unlawful detention and extrajudicial killings in Balochistan. It said taking people from their homes, keeping them missing for extended periods and subsequently finding their bodies raised serious concerns about the rights to life, liberty and legal protection.
The BYC urged national and international human rights organisations to take notice of the cases. It demanded independent, impartial and transparent investigations into both men’s disappearances and deaths, and legal action against any individual or institution found responsible.
The developments come as the Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) continued its protest camp outside the Quetta Press Club for the 6,396th day, with demands for the recovery of Saghir Ahmed, Iqrar Baloch and other missing persons.
According to Saghir Ahmed’s sister, Pakistani forces detained her brother and their cousin, Iqrar Baloch, from a coach at the Ormara checkpoint on June 11, 2025, and forcibly disappeared them.
The family said the coach driver, a friend of the two men and other passengers had recorded statements before the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) investigating enforced disappearances. Despite those statements, the family said, neither man had been recovered.
The families demanded their immediate recovery and said that if either man was accused of an offence, he should be presented before a court in accordance with the law. They warned that they would stage protests if the two were not recovered.
VBMP Chairman Nasrullah Baloch called on the government and relevant institutions to ensure the recovery of Saghir Ahmed, Iqrar Baloch and all other forcibly disappeared persons, and provide justice to their families.