Balochistan (Pakistan), December 10 (ANI): Raising the issue of enforced disappearances in Pakistan, prominent Baloch activist Mahrang Baloch said that five Baloch people were forcibly abducted in Karachi. Celebrating Human Rights Day, she said the Baloch have long demanded their right to live and exist without fear in their own country.

In a post on X, Mahrang Baloch said: “What is more devastating to a nation than the daily enforced disappearances of its students? In Karachi, Miraj Shad, Doda Elahi, Ghamshad Baloch, Muzammil and Ismail were kidnapped. Doda Elahi and Ghamshad Baloch, who had already been kidnapped and forced to abandon their studies after their release, had recently resumed their studies but were kidnapped again.

“Meanwhile, three brothers – Irshad, Mureed and Mehboob Baloch – went missing forcibly from Mungochar, Kalat. Their families are protesting, blocking the main RCD road and demanding their release. On this Human Rights Day, the Baloch people are not only demanding justice: they are demanding the right to live and exist without fear in their own country, from a state that has denied them their very humanity. she added.

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The students were arrested around 1 a.m. local time on Monday in the Hassan Square area of ​​Karachi and their whereabouts are still unknown, the Balochistan Post reported.

The students come from different parts of Balochistan, Balochistan Post reported, citing sources. Doda Ellahi is from Balnegor of Kech, Ghamshad is from Mand, Muzammil is from Pasni and Mehraj is from Absar of Turbat. The four Baloch students lived in Karachi for their studies.

In another incident, Ismail, a resident of Mand and a relative of Gamshad Baloch, was also allegedly forcibly disappeared from Hassan Square in Karachi. According to reports, he is currently working and living in Dubai and arrived in Pakistan a month earlier to undergo his mother’s medical treatment in Karachi, according to the Balochistan Post report.

This is not the first time that some Baloch students have been victims of enforced disappearance. Earlier, on June 7, 2022, Doda Ellahi and Ghamshad were forcibly taken away during a raid in Maskan Chowrangi area of ​​Karachi. They were later released on June 14, 2022, but are now being detained again. (ANI)

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