A student preparing for the Public Service Commission examinations has reportedly been forcibly disappeared during a late-night raid in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan.
Local sources said personnel from Pakistani forces, the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), and police raided the A-One City area on Thursday night.
The student, identified as Behzad Dilawari, the son of Barkat Dilawari and a resident of Khudabadan in Panjgur, was reportedly detained during the raid. His whereabouts remain unknown.
This is not the first time Behzad has been subjected to enforced disappearance. He was previously forcibly disappeared from Panjgur on November 30, 2021, but was later released.
Sources said Behzad was actively preparing for his Public Service Commission examinations at the time of his abduction.
Reports of enforced disappearances remain frequent in Balochistan, with students making up a significant proportion of those affected.
According to Paank, the human rights wing of the Baloch National Movement (BNM), more than 110 cases of enforced disappearances and six extrajudicial killings of Baloch people were documented in the past month across Balochistan, Karachi, and other parts of Pakistan.
The group also reported that over 35 enforced disappearances have been recorded this month alone, raising serious concerns about ongoing rights violations in the region.