In Dera Bugti, the Pak Army and intelligence agencies launched a series of raids on homes in the Patoch village of Siyah Aaf. During these operations, Army conducted rampant looting, followed by the abduction of two individuals, whose whereabouts remain unknown.
The victims, identified as Johau, son of Bari Bugti, and Jona, son of Nokaf Bugti, belong to the Karmanzi branch of the Bugti tribe. Their forced disappearances are the latest in a long and bloody campaign by the Paki establishment to suppress Baloch community and intimidate the local population into submission.
The wave of terror did not end there. On Tuesday night, in the Girani neighborhood of Sui, another raid was conducted by the forces, during which Sikandar, son of Ajab Khan Bugti, was also forcibly taken away. This surge in abductions coincides with a recent visit by Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti to the region, a visit that has resulted in an intensification of enforced disappearances and further militarization of the area. The Army-backed death squads—that operate with full impunity—have been supplied with additional weaponry, escalating the already dire situation.
The Pak Army and its proxies have long employed brutal tactics to crush dissent in POB, including enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and the infamous “kill-and-dump” policy. While the families of the disappeared live in agony, the Pak Army perpetuates a narrative of denial, blaming innocent victims as “anti-state elements” to justify its atrocities.