QUETTA: The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has termed the enforced disappearances and subsequent recovery of the bodies of four Baloch citizens Muhammad Fareed Baloch, Muhammad Anwar Baloch, Pazeer Baloch, and Karim Jan from different areas of Balochistan as deeply alarming. The committee stated that these incidents are the latest examples of ongoing extrajudicial actions and serious human rights violations in Balochistan.
On February 6, 2026, the tortured body of 20-year-old farmer Muhammad Fareed Baloch, a resident of Killi Safar Ali Jangal, Dukki, was recovered. He had been forcibly taken into custody from his home on June 4, 2025. His family searched for him for eight months, but authorities reportedly provided no information regarding his whereabouts.
According to BYC, Fareed Baloch’s killing reflects the continuing pattern of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Balochistan.
Similarly, 44-year-old farmer Muhammad Anwar Baloch, also from Killi Safar Ali Jangal, Dukki, was detained on June 4, 2025, shortly after offering prayers outside a mosque. Approximately seven months later, on January 4, 2026, his body was reportedly dumped.
BYC stated that Anwar Baloch was a laboring citizen and that his killing indicates the continuation of what it described as state repression in Balochistan.
Pazeer Baloch, 32, a resident of Washbood, Panjgur, was taken into custody on November 25, 2025, by state-backed groups. Two months later, on February 7, 2026, his tortured body was reportedly found in Washbood. According to BYC, visible signs of severe torture on his body suggest he was subjected to inhumane treatment during detention.
Karim Jan, 35, a driver and resident of Turbat, was detained by plainclothes personnel from Star Plus Market, Turbat, on January 3, 2026. His family was reportedly not informed of his arrest or place of detention. Nearly a month later, on February 1, 2026, his tortured body was recovered from Balgatar, Panjgur.
According to BYC, Karim Jan was an ordinary civilian, and his killing is a clear example of what it described as a continuing policy of killing following enforced disappearance in Balochistan.
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee termed all four incidents part of ongoing serious human rights violations in Balochistan, stating that enforced disappearances, illegal detentions, torture and extrajudicial killings have taken the shape of a systematic policy affecting civilians, farmers, laborers and youth alike.
BYC further stated that such actions constitute open violations of international human rights laws, including Articles 6 and 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee has called upon the United Nations, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and other international organizations to conduct independent investigations into enforced disappearances in Balochistan, hold those responsible for extrajudicial killings accountable, and help ensure justice for the affected families.
According to BYC, global silence is contributing to the continuation of such incidents.
