QUETTA, BALOCHISTAN: A protest camp set up by Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) outside the Quetta Press Club against enforced disappearances continued for the 6,416th day, with Muhammad Ayub, brother of Ghulam Farooq Sarparah, taking part.
Mohammad Ayub said his brother was forcibly disappeared in June 2015 from Hyderabad, Sindh, by personnel of state institutions. He said he has appealed to the judiciary, commissions and government bodies for his brother’s safe recovery, but the family still has no information about him.
Ayub also said his own name has been on the Fourth Schedule for the past three years. The Fourth Schedule is a list under Pakistan’s anti-terrorism law that places restrictions on the people named in it. He said he is a poor man and the sole breadwinner of the household since his brother went missing and that the listing has caused him severe hardship and distress.
He appealed to senior officials to ensure his brother’s safe recovery and to remove his name from the Fourth Schedule.
VBMP chairman Nasrullah Baloch demanded the safe recovery of Ghulam Farooq Sarparah and all other forcibly disappeared persons. He also called for Muhammad Ayub’s name to be removed from the Fourth Schedule immediately.
