Pak-occupied-Balochistan’s Interior Minister Ziaullah Langove has revealed the arrests of two individuals, Niaz s/o Abdullah and Bashir s/o Abdul Ghani, who were subjected to enforced disappearance by Pakistan Army from the coastal city of Gwadar. The minister leveled serious allegations against them, accusing them of being responsible for the killing of non-locals in an attack in Gwadar earlier this month.
According to the puppet authorities, both men belong to the Baloch pro-independence organization, the Baloch Liberation Army, as stated in a statement issued by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD).
On the May 9, unidentified armed men attacked a residential quarter near the Fish Harbor Jetty in Gwadar, resulting in the deaths of 7 individuals on the spot and one person injured. The deceased and injured belonged to Khanewal district of Punjab province. No group had claimed responsibility for the attack.
In the aftermath of the attack, the Army launched a large-scale operation in Gwadar and surrounding areas, subjecting a large number of people to enforced disappearance and transferring them to unknown locations. It was during this crackdown that Niaz and Bashir were taken into custody from their homes on May 13 and transferred to an undisclosed location.
This latest incident has raised concerns among public circles regarding the fate of the two arrested youths. There are apprehensions that they might be killed in a fake encounter or subjected to enforced disappearance, a recurring issue in PoB.
Enforced Disappearance
In the past, after similar incidents in PoB, the Army have revealed the arrests of previously enforced disappeared persons, leveling serious allegations against them. Despite revealing arrests on multiple occasions, these individuals have often not been presented in courts or have been killed in custody.
Earlier this year, despite revealing the arrest of Balaach Moulabakhsh, who had previously been subjected to enforced disappearance by the forces in Turbat, he was killed in custody. In another case, on August 31, 2018, Aasif Baloch and Rashid Baloch were taken into custody from the famous picnic point Zangi Naur in Noshki and were later presented before the media in Quetta by the CTD, but they remain missing to date.
These statements show how shamelessly and audaciously these Army stooges frame the innocent Baloch individuals. The role and history of the CTD is laced with the blood of the Baloch community. They have enforced disappearances of victims, killed and dumped them, conducted raids, harassed and committed human rights violations anywhere and everywhere they can. They have inflicted all sorts of brutality known to humankind. Since the Pak Army forcefully occupied Balochistan in 1948, the resource-rich nation has gone to the dogs. The community is living in a nightmare that we can rarely imagine.