Balochistan [Pakistan], December 6: In another grim episode highlighting Pakistan’s worsening human rights record in Balochistan, the mutilated bodies of five men were found across three districts, one of whom had previously been “forcibly disappeared”, The Balochistan Post reported.
The bodies were recovered in Panjgur, Khaliqabad and Zehri, deepening concerns over rising killings and disappearances in the province.
In Panjgur’s Parom tehsil, a body recovered from the Pullabad area was identified as Abdul Wahab, son of Muhammad Omar, a resident of Zamuran in Kech district. Locals said Wahab was abducted on October 27 by an alleged state-backed “death squad”, was shot during the kidnapping leaving one leg paralysed, and after weeks in captivity his tortured body was found dumped.
Police in Khaliqabad district found three bodies in the Badrang area. Identification documents showed them to be Khuda Bakhsh of Johan, Zahoor Ahmed of Khaliqabad, and Barkat Khan of Kashan, cousins from the Lehri tribe. Authorities have opened an investigation but given no clear leads on the perpetrators.
In Khuzdar district, a body was found near the roadside in Zehri tehsil’s football ground area. The victim was identified as Shahzaib, son of Muhammad Aslam from Sadiqabad, and local officials said he had been shot dead.
Human rights organisations and activists say the repeated discovery of tortured bodies in remote areas reflects a disturbing pattern of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings allegedly carried out by Pakistan’s security agencies and their proxies. Dozens of recent victims were reportedly detained earlier by state forces, fuelling fears of custodial violence and state repression in the region, The Balochistan Post added. (ANI)
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