Enforced disappearances continue in Balochistan’s Kech district, while Zahid Barakzai, who was forcibly disappeared by forces in Karachi and later served time in jail, has been released.
According to data released by the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), the Pakistani army took two brothers into custody during a night raid in Mand (Nokan Khan Village), Kech district, and forcibly disappeared them.
Fahad son of Mehraj (aged 27), a driver by profession, was taken into custody by the Pakistani army from his home on the night of 21 October 2026.
Asad son of Mehraj (aged 33), also a driver by profession, was disappeared along with Fahad during a raid on their home in Nokan Khan Village, Mand, on the night of 21 October 2026.
Meanwhile, Zahid Barakzai son of Muhammad Naseem (resident of Gul Muhammad Lane, Lyari, Karachi), a victim of enforced disappearance, has been released.
Zahid Barakzai was forcibly disappeared on 27 January 2026.
After long imprisonment, he was released from Central Jail Karachi on 22 October 2026.
