Eight civilians have been forcibly disappeared by Pakistani security forces from various parts of Pakistan’s Balochistan. Local media reported today that several youth have been detained in Panjgur, Mastung and Kharan and taken to unknown places. Pakistani forces reportedly detained four youths after carrying out a raid at their house in Maskan Kalat, Killi Hassanabad area of ​​Kharan at around 1:45 am today. 

 

 

Human rights organisation, Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), yesterday highlighted a surge in enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings and torture by Pakistani authorities across Balochistan. In its report titled ‘Human Rights Situation in Balochistan’, the rights body documented widespread abuses specifically perpetrated by the Pakistani authorities between July and August.

 

 

As per the findings, several districts of Balochistan, including Quetta, Kech and Awaran, recorded the largest number of enforced disappearance cases, with Pakistan’s Frontier Corps reportedly the main perpetrator. The report added that extrajudicial Killings remain unabated as 29 people were killed during July and August.