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Two New Enforced Disappearances Reported in Balochistan as Protests Continue
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News18•19-10-2026, 12:00
Two New Enforced Disappearances Reported in Balochistan as Protests Continue
- •Two men, Muhammad Asif and Rahim Lal, were reportedly forcibly disappeared from the Mastung and Gwadar districts of Balochistan.
- •Frontier Corps and intelligence personnel allegedly carried out night raids to detain the men, taking them to undisclosed locations.
- •Two previously missing individuals, Mumtaz Baloch and Abdul Ghaffar, safely returned home after earlier disappearances.
- •The Voice for Baloch Missing Persons protest camp in Quetta continued its long-running demonstration demanding the recovery of missing individuals.
- •Human rights groups have documented hundreds of alleged enforced disappearances in Balochistan, highlighting ongoing security concerns in the region.
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Two fresh cases of enforced disappearance were reported involving 26-year-old Muhammad Asif in Mastung and 19-year-old Rahim Lal in Gwadar. Meanwhile, two previously missing men, Mumtaz Baloch and Abdul Ghaffar, safely returned home to their families in October.
The Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) is leading an ongoing protest camp outside the Quetta Press Club, which has reached its 6,391st consecutive day demanding information about missing individuals like Ghulam Haider.
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee documented 507 alleged enforced disappearances across Balochistan between January and June 2026, which included 135 individuals who were students, teachers, and researchers.
