QUETTA, BALOCHISTAN: Enforced Disappearances Continue in Balochistan: Seven Forcibly Disappeared, Four Released After Up to 17 Months
According to source, Seven people, including a 15-year-old student, have been forcibly disappeared in different parts of Balochistan, while four others previously were disappeared in Kech district have returned home.
Among the newly reported cases are two brothers from Pasni. Pakistani forces took Kehda Ganj, son of Daldad and Begman, son of Daldar, into custody from Shadi Kaur in the coastal town on November 1 and moved them to an unknown location, according to the information provided. Both have been missing since.
Most of the other cases were reported from Quetta. Fifteen-year-old student Yahya Baloch, son of Peer Muhammad, was taken from his home in Kali Qambrani, Qambrani Road, at 3am on October 27, 2026, with ISI, Military Intelligence (MI) and Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) personnel named as involved.
Twenty-eight-year-old shopkeeper Zafar Baloch, son of Haji Ghulam Muhammad, was taken from Kirani Road at 3am on October 16, 2026. He is reported to have disappeared for the second time, by the4 hands of MI and CTD personnel. Twenty-five-year-old Muhammad Azam, son of Khuda Dad, a handcart vendor from Manojan Road, Hudda, was taken near Allied School on Airport Road at 1am on August 20, 2026, by the personnel of ISI and CTD.
In Panjgur, 18-year-old driver Zubair Baloch, son of Syed Baloch, was taken into custody by Pakistani forces Frontier Corps FC at noon on October 5 from the Jirak border in the Paroom area.
In contrast, four people from Kech who were detained by Pakistani forces and reported missing have been released and returned to their homes. Brothers Tayyab Nasir and Pazir Nasir, sons of Haji Nasir, from Apsar in Turbat, were taken on October 17, 2026, and released in Turbat on October 25.
While Ikram Baloch, son of Ismail Baloch, from Mand, was detained on October 26 and released in Turbat two days later. Ghulam Jan Baloch, son of Saleh Muhammad, from Umri Kohan Sami, was held the longest. He was detained on May 27, 2025, and released in Turbat on October 27, 2026, about 17 months later. He was handed over to police after his recovery, according to the information.
