Pakistani: A rights organization claims that soldiers had just forcibly removed a Baloch citizen
Pakistani: 12 A prominent human rights organization reported on Monday that another Baloch civilian has been forcefully removed by Pakistani authorities in Balochistan, amid an increasing number of enforced disappearances around the region.
Paank, the Human Rights Department of the Baloch National Movement, condemned the act, stating that Pakistani security agents on Saturday night forcefully abducted Arslan Shahwani off the Quetta airport route in the province capital.
When he went missing, Arslan was living and working in a Quetta pastry factory. He is in grave danger of being tortured and mistreated since the authorities have not yet acknowledged his imprisonment or revealed his whereabouts, according to Paank.
The rights organization demanded that Pakistani authorities immediately disclose Arslan’s whereabouts, guarantee his safety, and either release him or bring him before a court in accordance with international legal standards, claiming that enforced disappearance is a grave violation of international human rights law.
Paank earlier on Sunday voiced grave concerns over the spike in enforced disappearances in Balochistan from January 7–9, 2026, claiming that Pakistani security forces forcefully abducted 11 Baloch people from several districts, including Kech, Hub, and Khuzdar.
Pakistan’s Frontier Corps (FC) personnel raided homes in the Hotabad area of Kech on January 7 and forcibly disappeared seven men, including students, shopkeepers, and a serving Pakistani air force employee, according to the rights body. On January 8, the FC kidnapped 40-year-old Kaleem Ulah, a school peon from Panjgur district, in Hub Chowki. Saleem Ahmed and Zubair Ahmed, a nursing student from Naal Bazaar in Khuzdar, were also taken into custody by Pakistan Army soldiers on January 9.
Paank also emphasized how Pakistani security forces, including FC, Pakistani Military Intelligence, and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), forcibly removed six more Baloch males from the Jiwani area in Balochistan between December 25, 2025, and January 5.
These events are serious breaches of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and point to a pattern of enforced disappearances. According to the rights organization, “enforced disappearance is a persistent crime that puts victims at serious risk of torture and extrajudicial killing, while causing great suffering to their families.”
Paank demanded that the human rights situation in Balochistan get immediate international attention and that an impartial inquiry be conducted on the involvement of the Pakistani Army and FC.