Balochistan: The Human Rights Department of the Baloch National Movement, Paank, denounced Pakistan’s continuous campaign of enforced disappearances in Balochistan, citing two further instances in May 2025. Paank drew attention to the concerning pattern of state troops kidnapping citizens.
Shopkeeper Chakar Gulab, a native of Gwadar’s Baloch Ward, was forcefully taken and vanished by Pakistani security personnel, according to Paank. His whereabouts has not been known since, and his family has not been informed of his whereabouts.
On May 12,2025, Chakar Gulab, son of Gulab Baloch, resident of Baloch Ward, Gwadar, and a shopkeeper by profession, was forcibly detained and disappeared by Pakistani security forces from his hometown.
On May 21,2025, Muhib Ullah, son of Muhammad Ali, a resident of the Sair… pic.twitter.com/c1mils4D66
— Paank (@paank_bnm) May 22, 2025
A driver from Sair Kolowa in the Awaran district, Muhib Ullah, was arrested at a location in Turbat, Kech, on May 21 of this year in a different incident. Since then, he has likewise vanished from view and communication.
“On May 12, 2025, Pakistani security agents forcefully seized and vanished Chakar Gulab, son of Gulab Baloch, a shopkeeper by trade who lived in Baloch Ward, Gwadar. Muhammad Ali’s son, Muhib Ullah, who lived in the Sair Kolowa neighborhood of the Awaran district, was kidnapped and vanished from the Turbat Kech district in Balochistan on May 21, 2025. “He works as a driver,” Paank wrote on X.
𝗡𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗸𝗶 | 𝗢𝗻 𝗕𝗬𝗖’𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗷𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗞𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝗘𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗨𝗻𝗹𝗮𝘄𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗬𝗖 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀… pic.twitter.com/dBWQ2zGb85
— Baloch Yakjehti Committee (@BalochYakjehtiC) May 22, 2025
According to Paank, enforced disappearances have increased in places like Gwadar, Kech, and Awaran, and these two kidnappings are part of a larger and unsettling trend in Balochistan. In May 2025 alone, human rights organizations reported more than 90 such crimes, many of which were reportedly committed by Pakistani security forces, including the Frontier Corps.
In a major demonstration against the rise in state brutality, the people of Nushki, Balochistan, held a rally on Wednesday in response to a summons from the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC). Protesting against enforced disappearances, extrajudicial executions, and the illegal arrest of BYC leaders, the protesters marched through the streets.
BYC said in a post, X: “People demonstrated against state brutality, extrajudicial executions, enforced disappearances, and the unlawful detention of BYC leaders in response to BYC’s request. Nushki residents responded to the BYC appeal issued by the Baloch Yakjehti Committee yesterday. They demonstrated against enforced disappearances, extrajudicial executions, and the wrongful arrest of BYC leadership in huge numbers.
The demonstration came after Pakistani security agents allegedly kidnapped 11 individuals, including three kids, near SBK University in Nushki on March 16. As part of a continuous campaign of official persecution, the BYC expressed outrage about the occurrence and verified the names of those abducted.
