Reports of enforced disappearances in Pakistan have resurfaced as five people who had been missing returned to their families in Balochistan, while two new disappearance cases involving students have raised fresh alarm, The Balochistan Post reported.
Those who reappeared include Fatima, daughter of Muhammad Jan from the Issai area of Panjgur district, who was reportedly taken into custody on January 13, 2026, and later released near Hub Chowki. Zaeem, son of Muhammad Rahim, and Qambar, son of Imam Baloch, both from Panwan in Jiwani, Gwadar district, were also allegedly detained and subsequently freed. Saeed Ahmed of Mastung, missing since December 11, 2025, was released in Quetta, and Dildar of Buleda in Kech district, missing since August 2025, was found in Turbat.
At the same time, two recent cases have intensified concerns. In Karachi, 26-year-old Imran Baloch, a Medical Laboratory Technology student at the University of Sindh originally from Naal in Balochistan, was reportedly taken into custody on December 20, 2025, from the Sohrab Goth area; his current whereabouts are unknown. Separately, graduate student Haseeb Baloch, associated with Lasbela University, was allegedly detained on February 4, 2026, in Pasni in Gwadar district, and his family says no official information has been provided.
Families of the missing have expressed deep distress over the lack of transparency, saying authorities have not confirmed detentions or disclosed locations. They have urged immediate steps to determine the fate of those still missing and to secure their safety.
Human rights organisations long critical of Pakistan over enforced disappearances say the pattern—especially in Balochistan—persists and that the absence of accountability and official responses continues to fuel fear and deepen mistrust among affected communities, The Balochistan Post added.
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