Archive · 24 Aug 2026
Rights Group Condemns Disappearance of Two Brothers in Gwadar
A human rights group says four Baloch brothers have disappeared in separate incidents.
Two brothers, Sajid and Akeel, were reportedly taken while travelling in Gwadar.
The group says nobody knows where they are.
It also says Mehraj and Irshad were taken during a security raid in Turbat.
Paank says the two had disappeared before.
The group says enforced disappearance can expose people to serious harm.
It is asking authorities to release the brothers safely.
The Pakistani authorities’ response was not included in the report.
Paank said Sajid Baloch and Akeel Baloch were forcibly taken by Pakistani military personnel in Gwadar on Saturday.
The brothers were travelling from the Kantani area to their hometown in Kolwah when they disappeared, according to Paank.
Their whereabouts remain unknown, and Paank called for their immediate and safe release.
Paank also reported that Mehraj Baloch and Irshad Baloch were allegedly disappeared during a security raid in Turbat on August 18.
Paank said Mehraj and Irshad had previously experienced enforced disappearance and called the repeated targeting a pattern of abuse.
- Who
- Sajid Baloch, Akeel Baloch, Mehraj Baloch and Irshad Baloch; Paank, the human rights department of the Baloch National Movement.
- What
- Paank condemned the alleged enforced disappearance of the four brothers in two separate incidents.
- When
- Sajid and Akeel were reportedly taken on Saturday; Mehraj and Irshad were reportedly taken on the evening of August 18. The year was not specified.
- Where
- Sajid and Akeel were reportedly intercepted in the Kantani area of Gwadar while travelling toward Kolwah; Mehraj and Irshad were reportedly taken in Bhan, Turbat.
- Why
- Paank said the incidents violate human rights and demanded the brothers’ immediate and safe release.
- Reporting organization
- Paank, the human rights department of the Baloch National Movement
- First reported case
- Sajid Baloch and Akeel Baloch, residents of Sandum village in Kolwah
- First incident
- The brothers were reportedly intercepted while returning from work in the Kantani area of Gwadar
- Second reported case
- Mehraj Baloch and Irshad Baloch, sons of Hasil
- Second incident
- The two were reportedly taken during a security raid in the Bhan area of Turbat on August 18
- Previous disappearances
- Paank said Mehraj had previously been detained for more than a year and Irshad had also previously disappeared
- Paank’s demand
- The group called for the brothers’ immediate and safe release and an end to enforced disappearances across Balochistan