Author: Rizwan Baloch

Introduction:

Enforce disappearances, an act of illicit abduction without producing the victims before the judiciary and is an intricate issue in Balochistan, yet, quite a negligible problem for Political leaders and the Pakistani Army. Whenever asked about the disappearances of the people of Balochistan to politicians or highbrows, they alleged that it was a foreign conspiracy. On the contrary, when asked about their missing loved ones to the family members of missing persons, even the vigorous heart can thaw and the strongest person’s eyes can shed blood. But the wicked and sadist officials acclaim it as an act of glorification and abet the secret hands behind disappearances by alleging the victims that they have fled the country or have joined the insurgents which is nothing but a distortion of the fabric of reality. It is a perennial issue and contagious like an epidemic that is spreading like wildfires burning every household despite the demonstrations and full cry of families, human rights activities, and organizations respectively. Moreover, thousands of people have been whisked away without a trace of their whereabouts except the ones who have been found in mass graves and others mutilated corpses in burial grounds like the place Tootak. Even though the demonstration camp of VBMP for the safe release of missing persons has surpassed five thousand days (5000), heretofore, neither the atrocious practice of callouses has slowed down nor the civilized world has taken any instantaneous measure to hinder it. This has compelled people to resort to arms struggle and carry out self-sacrifice attacks. Despite the establishment of commissions and fraudulent pledges of the government to missing persons’ families, the abduction of Baloch has aggrandized drastically. Although authorities disregard this perennial issue and give it various names, the fragrance of missing souls’ blood, mutilated corpses, and mourning in every household in the valley of Balochistan are evidence of the existence of the illicit practice of enforced disappearances.

War Zone, the Exacerbating Cases of Missing:

Although the UN has entitled the illicit act of abduction to an illegal exercise and breach of international laws, Pakistan is among hundreds of countries whose army is engaged in inhumane practices without the fear of accountability. In a war zone like Balochistan, the abduction, killing, and dumping policy is adopted by the Pakistani army to undermine the ongoing freedom movement to intimidate and incite the youth. Partisans abet and acclaim this act by uttering the narrative of law enforcement agencies which brings it to its utmost. The government has responded to the peaceful demonstrations of family members of missing persons with aggression and the use of force. On one hand, According to the VBMP report, around eight thousand people have gone missing since 2001. On the other hand, the established commission in 2011 reported far fewer cases__ around seven thousand (7000) cases and claimed that it has resolved 5000 of them. During the premiership of Imran Kan, the cases reached fourteen thousand(14000). According to a recent infographic report of TBP, In May, 24 people have been whisked away by law enforcement agencies from various walks of life. This rapid upsurge in enforcement disappearances has begun when the EU-based Subcommittee on Human Rights visited Pakistan and emphasized the authorities to sort out the issue of enforced disappearance by instantaneous adoption of laws against torture. But the attitude of the establishment and its immutable policy towards the people of Balochistan remain still. Turning a blind eye to this and its negligence, compelled family members like Sumaiya Qalandrani, daughter of Ubaid Qalandrani for the election sacrificial path of self-sacrifice who carried out a self-sacrificing attack on security forces on 24th of June 2023. However, Dozens of family members of Sumaiya have been assassinated, abducted, and buried at the burial ground in Tootak in 2014 in which includes: Naeem Baloch, Maqsood Baloch, Aftab Baloch, Yahya Baloch, and Raheem Baloch.

Incompetent Judiciary, the Cases of Missing Persons:

The judiciary of a country should be sovereign and free to determine decisions without any pressure or influence of any power whether military or autocratic. But in Pakistan, it’s powerless and helpless due to constraints on freedom of speech and the ascendancy of the callous military cult. For instance, on 04 February 2023, the court released Hafeez Zehri, but personnel of the police and intelligence agency strived to abduct him in front of the Karachi prison albeit his valiant sister and niece’s endeavors preserved him from the tyrants; he along with his sister became wounded due to the gunshots. On the other hand, Sammi Baloch and Mehlab Deen Muhammad are demonstrating for the safe release of their father for fourteen years neither they left any platform nor any court but still judiciary is failed to ensure justice. Dr.Deen Muhammad was whisked away by security forces during his duty from Khuzdar Hospital on the 24th of June 2009.

Similarly, the mother of a student organization leader, Zakir Majeed, is protesting for decades, heretofore, he isn’t produced before any judiciary which is a transgression of the constitutional article ten (10).

Conclusion:

Enforced disappearances, Despite being an extremely intricate issue in Balochistan, neither the civilized world is concentrating on constantly exacerbating cases nor emphasizing Pakistan to deter the extermination of Baloch. On the other hand, the military with time is aggrandizing the abduction of Baloch to uphold its hegemony and is engaged in the infringement of international human rights laws and its 1973 constitutional article 10 in Balochistan.

The political parties and judiciary are playing the role of consigliere and abetting this act. Moreover, people are compelled to resort to arms struggle and carry out self-sacrificing attacks to preserve their dignity, identity, livelihood, and integrity as a nation. If the international community falls flat to take instantaneous measures regarding these vicious infractions and turns a blind eye, this will brutalize a whole nation.