Quetta / Karachi (Kashgil News)
There is a huge increase in cases of extra-constitutional and illegal enforced disappearances in Balochistan and Karachi. According to the latest reports, 11 members of the staff of Balochistan National Party chief and former Chief Minister of Balochistan Sardar Akhtar Mengal have been detained and disappeared from his Karachi residence, while 11 other youths have been forcibly disappeared from different areas of Balochistan and Karachi. On the other hand, 2 senior citizens who were abducted from Jeyuni area of Gwadar a month ago have reached their homes safely.
Balochistan National Party (BNP) chief and former Chief Minister of Balochistan Sardar Akhtar Mengal has revealed that intelligence agencies raided an apartment rented for staff near his residence in Karachi last night, where all 13 people present were tortured and their mobile phones were confiscated.
He said that 11 of the 13 people, including his manager Haji Rajab and security guard Ahmed, have not yet been released and are missing, while only 2 people were released later.
Terming it as racial profiling and a gross violation of human rights, Akhtar Mengal has demanded the immediate safe return of his missing staff from the Sindh government and the PPP.
In addition to Akhtar Mengal’s residence, detailed information about the detention and disappearance of 11 more youths from Karachi and Balochistan has been released by the Baloch Solidarity Committee (BYC).
Security forces from the Maripur area of Karachi abducted and disappeared 28-year-old shopkeeper Aamir son of Abdul Waheed from his house on August 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM, 28-year-old laborer Sabir son of Aziz from his house on August 6, 2026 at 8:30 PM, and 30-year-old laborer Abdul Aziz son of Noor Dad from his house during a raid on his house on August 7, 2026 at 2:00 AM.
In the Bulida area of Kech district, security forces abducted 18-year-old laborer Yasir son of Haji Naik Sal and 24-year-old laborer Saifullah son of Zahoor Ahmed from Kor Pusht Butt at around 3:30 AM on August 6, 2026, while 20-year-old student Shay Haq son of Bashir Ahmed was forcibly disappeared from Dambani Butt.
The abduction of young children and youth is also ongoing from the provincial capital Quetta. Two 14-year-old students, Safiullah Baloch, son of Mehroullah Baloch, and Mudassar Baloch, son of Sherdil Baloch, were taken into custody from Sariab Road, Lohar Kariz, on July 24, 2026 at 5:00 am. From Musa Colony, Sariab, 19-year-old shopkeeper Muzammil, son of Abdul Majeed, and 17-year-old shopkeeper Jalil, son of Saleem, were taken into custody at 4:00 am on July 28, 2026 at 6:00 am on August 7, while a 19-year-old laborer, Najibullah Baloch, son of Sarwar Baloch, was taken into custody from Killi Brazai, on July 7, 2026 at 2:00 am.
On the other hand, in a positive development, two senior citizens, Muhammad Baloch, son of Habash, and Azam Baloch, son of Ahmed, who were forcibly disappeared from Panwan Jeewani area of Gwadar on July 11, 2026, have reached their homes safely on August 7, 2026, upon which their families have breathed a sigh of relief.
Public and political circles and human rights organizations have reacted strongly to these worrying incidents, saying that the main targets of enforced disappearances are students and young people, which is causing a humanitarian crisis in the entire region.
According to the organizations, most of the armed individuals claimed to have been killed in alleged military operations and fake encounters by security forces are the same enforced disappearances who are killed in custody, while the international community remains a complete silent spectator to this entire situation.
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