A Baloch school teacher, a graduate of the University of Agriculture Faisalabad, has been allegedly abducted by armed men from his shop in Khuzdar, Balochistan.
According to reports, Javed Baloch was abducted by armed men from his shop at 10am today.
Quetta: Another enforced disappearance from Balochistan’s Khuzdar where a graduate of Agriculture University Faisalabad, Javed Baloch s/o Bashir Ahmed was taken off from his shop this morning in the Bolan Colony. Baloch activists demand his safe recovery.#Balochistan pic.twitter.com/0gTJR94QSP
— Ali Jan Maqsood (@Alijanmaqsood12) May 4, 2023
Last month, a Baloch student pursuing a Master’s degree from Health Services Academy in Islamabad was allegedly abducted on his way to his hometown near Quetta.
Dr Fayyaz Lashari was abducted along with another Baloch student, Dr Nabi Dad Bugti, from Ziarat Cross, near Quetta while returning to his hometown for the Eid holidays. Dr Nabi Dad Bugti was later released.
Earlier, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) had expressed concerns over the “state’s widespread use of enforced disappearances” in Balochistan to muzzle dissent.
In its fact-finding report, titled: “Balochistan’s struggle for Hope”, the human rights watchdog had noted that there have been continued reports of enforced disappearances in Balochistan and there was no improvement in the situation since 2019 when the HRCP’s team visited the province the last.
It had also stated the HRCP notes with “considerable alarm that Balochistan faces mounting public frustration pertaining to enforced disappearances, economic exclusion, curbs on press freedom, misgovernance and allegations of political manipulation by the establishment”.
