The wave of enforced disappearances continues across Balochistan, with reports that Pakistani forces have forcibly disappeared twelve more individuals in the regions of Quetta, Nushki, Mashkay, and Winder.
According to local sources, two brothers — Adnan and Abrar Jamaldini, sons of Akbar Jamaldini — were abducted from the Killi Jamaldini area of Nushki on the night of February 28. Their whereabouts remain unknown.
In Quetta, a student was reportedly taken into custody.
In addition, nine individuals were forcibly disappeared during raids in various parts of Tehsil Mashkay in Awaran district between 28 February and 1 March.
The missing have been identified as Momin (son of Aslam), Kamran (son of Muhammad Alam), Meraj (son of Niyaz Muhammad), Zaheer (son of Niyaz Muhammad), Saif (son of Comrade Latif), Safdar (son of Inayat), Qamaruddin (son of Dostain), Washdil (son of Qadir Dad) and Dostain (son of Qadir Dad).
Another individual, Allah Bakhsh (son of Jumma Khan), was reportedly taken from the Winder area in Lasbela district. Local sources said that he had moved from the Jhao region in Awaran to escape repeated “military harassment.”
These incidents come as the number of enforced disappearances in the region has sharply increased. Since January 2025, nearly 200 cases have been reported, with Baloch political parties warning of a “dangerous increase” in abductions by Pakistani forces.
Protests and sit-in demonstrations against enforced disappearances continue across Balochistan, with demonstrators blocking major routes including the Karachi-Quetta highway and staging protests in Quetta and other cities.