The mother of a man, who was allegedly abducted by Sindh Rangers in 2015, said that at least his body should be returned to them if he is dead.
“We have been looking for him for the last 8 years. If he is dead, at least return his body to us,” the mother said outside the Sindh High Court as the cases related to missing persons were being heard in the provincial court.
“At least give us his body if he is dead,” mother of Muhajir missing person M Furqan who was abducted by Rangers in 2015.
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“My son Furqan has been missing since 2015,” said the mother, while adding that “the Sindh Rangers picked him up from Nagan Chowrangi and since then they have no clue about his whereabouts”.
“We have been going to police and courts for the last 8 years but we have heard nothing about his whereabouts. No one is helping us,” she lamented.
“If he is dead, at least return his body to us,” she said.
“There are no charges against him,” added the brother of the missing person, who is also an eyewitness in the case.
“This has been declared a case of an enforced disappearance and his production order has also been issued by the Commission (for missing persons),” he said.
“But their orders have not been followed,” he added.
“Is there anyone who can make them accountable?” he questioned.
“We have even requested them to at least return his body if he is dead so we can bury him with Islamic rites,” he concluded.
People being forcibly disappeared is a longstanding issue in Pakistan.
According to a report released by the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances (COIOED) in July 2022, a total of 8,696 cases of missing persons have been reported. While 6,513 of these cases have been solved, 2,219 are still pending. Among the missing persons, the majority of people are from Baloch and Pashtun ethnicities.
However, human rights activists claim the number is much higher than this.
