In a disturbing continuation of a decades-long pattern of repression, Pak forces have once again targeted the youth of Pak-occupied-Balochistan, abducting six individuals from various regions of the province, including Barkhan, Karachi, Kharan, and Kech. These abductions are part of a systematic campaign by the Pak Army, which has been tightening its grip on Balochistan ever since its forceful occupation of the region in 1948.
In Barkhan, Asif Jan Baloch, a senior member of the Barkhan Youth Alliance, was summoned by the Kohlu Commandant at noon, only to vanish without a trace. This incident follows a familiar and sinister pattern where the Pak Army’s apparatus is used to silence those who dare to organize or voice their concerns against the ongoing military occupation and exploitation of Balochistan’s resources.
Similarly, in the Nasirabad area of Kech, forces abducted Nadeem Beyous two days ago, and he too has disappeared. His family is left in the dark, with no information on his whereabouts—a common tactic employed by the Pak military to instill fear and prevent any form of resistance.
The situation in Kharan is equally harrowing. Just before the evening prayers, Pak forces abducted two young brothers, Bakhtiar and Kamran, sons of Muhammad Ghaus Yalanzei, from Chief Chowk. Their family is now staging a sit-in at Red Zone Kharan, a site notorious for housing the offices of intelligence agencies that have been implicated in countless enforced disappearances. The family’s desperate plea for the release of their sons highlights the ongoing terror faced by Baloch families at the hands of the military.
In Karachi, a city far from the borders of POB but not immune to the reach of the Pakistan military, Hasnain, son of Khalid, a resident of Baloch Abad Kech Mand, and Rehman, son of Aslam, a resident of Pishin, Western Balochistan, were abducted by personnel from Karachi Police and intelligence agencies. Taken from Lyari’s Eight Chowk area, they have been moved to an unknown location, continuing the pattern of enforced disappearances that the occupied-state uses to crush any form of dissent.
Family members who have sought answers from local police have been met with denial and ignorance, with the occupied-authorities claiming that intelligence agencies may be responsible. The sporadic activation of the abductees’ phone numbers only deepens the fear that they are being held under conditions designed to break their spirits and silence them permanently.
Since the forcible annexation of Balochistan in 1948, the Pak military has waged a relentless campaign against the Baloch people, who have been subjected to systematic marginalization, exploitation and violence. The abduction of Baloch youth has become a hallmark of this campaign, aimed at erasing any voice that challenges the military’s stranglehold on the region. These latest disappearances are not isolated incidents but are part of a larger strategy to suppress the Baloch identity, culture and resistance.