Six students were subjected to enforced disappearance by Pak Army in plain clothes from a room in Arif Plaza, A-One City Phase One in Quetta early Wednesday morning.
Reportedly, the Army barged into the room around 2 a.m. and forcibly took away the six students to an undisclosed location. While three of the abducted students were later released, the whereabouts of the remaining three remain unknown.
The three still missing have been identified as Farooq son of Sakhi Dad, Shahaik son of Kahoor Khan, and Wazir son of Nazeer, who are cousins. Their distraught family members say they have received no information so far regarding their loved ones.
The abducted youths, who originally hail from Kech district, were in Quetta to pursue their education. The incident has triggered outrage, with the Baloch Voice for Justice said it is a “grave violation of fundamental human rights” in a press release condemning the enforced disappearances.
The spokesperson for the Baloch Voice for Justice, in a press release, said that last night six students were taken into custody from Quetta and taken to an unknown location. Although three students were later released, Farooq, Shahaik and Wazir are still missing.
Enforced disappearances by Pak Army
The statement said that this alarming increase in enforced disappearances is a grave violation of fundamental human rights and demanded that Farooq, Shahaik and Wazir Baloch be presented immediately.
The statement further said that the relatives of Imtiaz, Wasim and Salih Muhammad have been protesting in front of the DC office in Turbat since last night and demanding the return of their loved ones, but the institutions and administration are turning a deaf ear.
Moreover, two brothers named Faisal Suwali and Rafiq Suwali were recently taken into custody and kept missing for several days, and now a false case has been registered against Faisal Sualeh by the Army. Faisal’s life is in danger; a similar fake case was registered against Balach Baloch, and despite being presented in court and taking remand, the CTD killed him in a fake encounter.
As anger simmers in the region, the press release announced plans for a rally from Belida to Turbat on June 2 to protest the human rights abuses and press for the safe recovery of the missing students and other victims of enforced disappearances.
The Pak forces through such cowardly tactics of enforced disappearances, kill-and-dumps, and other brutalities are trying to suppress the Baloch community and their voice since it has occupied the region in 1948.