Karachi [Pakistan], September 8 : The Protest outside Karachi Press Club entered its 34th day after a student was forcibly disappeared earlier in July, leading the Baloch human rights body, Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), reported on Saturday.
Sharing the details in a post on X, BYC said that the sit-in protest camp was organised by the family of Zahid Ali, a 25-year-old IR student of Karachi University, who was forcibly disappeared along with his rickshaw on 17 July 2025.
"Despite his father Abdul Hameed's worsening health condition, the family continues their protest with steadfast determination, demanding Zahid's immediate and safe release. Their struggle is a painful reminder of the ongoing wave of enforced disappearances that continues to tear apart families in Karachi and Balochistan", the post said.
๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ: ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ต๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐น๐ถโ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐น๐๐ฏ
Today marks the 34th consecutive day of the sit-in camp by the family of Zahid Ali, a 25-year-old IR student of Karachi University, who was forcibly disappearedโฆ pic.twitter.com/Oz1hivRu4P
โ Baloch Yakjehti Committee (@BalochYakjehtiC) September 7, 2025
In another post on X, BYC brought to attention yet another case of extrajudicial killing at the hands of state-backed death squads in Tump, Kech.
"Jalal, son of Haji Yar Muhammad, a local businessman and resident of Gomazi, Tump, district Kech, was shot dead by state-backed death squads on the evening of September 6, 2025.", the post said.
It brought to attention that the killing was the third extrajudicial killing within a single day in district Kech, following the killings of Izhar and Mulla Bahram in Mand earlier the same day. BYC said that eyewitnesses and local sources confirmed that state-backed death squads operating under the supervision of the Pakistani forces carried out the attack.
}}}}๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐น, ๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป, ๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ท๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ-๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ฆ๐พ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ, ๐ง๐๐บ๐ฝ, ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต
๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐๐๐ง 6, 2025 โ ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐ฏ๐, ๐๐ช๐ข๐ฅ, ๐๐๐๐, ๐ฝ๐๐ก๐ค๐๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ
Jalal, son of Hajiโฆ pic.twitter.com/I3R1FwoNG1
โ Baloch Yakjehti Committee (@BalochYakjehtiC) September 7, 2025
Enforced disappearances in Balochistan have been a grave human rights issue for decades, rooted in the region's long-standing political and ethnic tensions. For the last several decades, Baloch nationalists, students, activists, and intellectuals have been targeted, allegedly by state security agencies, for demanding greater autonomy or rights.
Thousands have reportedly gone missing without due process, and many remain unaccounted for. Families are often left without information, legal recourse, or justice. Human rights organisations, both local and international, have condemned these actions, calling them violations of international law.
The Pakistan government has consistently denied involvement, but has failed to investigate or resolve the cases transparently. In recent years, peaceful resistancethrough sit-ins, marches, and now social mediahas grown, led by groups like the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC).
These families, driven by grief and hope, continue to demand the safe return of their loved ones and an end to the culture of impunity.
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