Reports from Quetta indicate that local police have arrested several Baloch youths, with some released after overnight detention. However, two individuals, identified as Jawad Baloch and Akbar Baloch, remain in custody and are facing severe torture.
Earlier in Kalat, four individuals were forcibly disappeared after being taken into custody by the Pakistan Army.
These events are part of a worrying pattern of enforced disappearances in Pakistan-occupied Balochistan. These abductions and disappearances are the tactics employed by the Army in the region since 1948, when it forcefully captured it.
The area’s resources have been exploited, while the local population faces human rights abuses. Enforced disappearances, marginalization, and extrajudicial killings are used as means of control over the Baloch community.
These recent incidents have reignited concerns about the human rights situation in POB, with calls for transparency and accountability from local and international observers.