The families of four forcibly disappeared Baloch individuals have re-continued a protest sit-in in Kech’s Karki area on December 31, 2025, after failed promises by the district authorities. A week ago, the families had set-up the same sit-in in the same area which continued for three days, and lasted with the “written promises” to ensure the abducted persons were released within a week: despite passing a week, the promises were not met accordingly upon which the families have re-organized their protest sit-in and are demanding the “disappeared persons, not promises”.
On December 19, 2025, Fareed Ijaz was “summoned in the area’s FC Camp” who was then, as the locals testify, arrested and disappeared. A day later, two Baloch women, including Hani Dilwash (who is pregnant and in the final month of her pregnancy) and Hair-Un-Nisa, a 17-years-old girl, from Hub-Chowki during a “military raid”. Since then, their whereabouts have been hidden. The families visited the notables for the matter and demanded their immediate recovery who, like always and in every case, gave them “hope” to do something and “restrained them from protest”. The families did the same. But three days later on December 23, 2025, the already disappeared Hani’s younger brother, Mujahid Dilwash was called in the name of “employment” and was disappeared. The families and residents allege the law enforcement agencies are behind the “illegal detentions” of the four, who then blocked the CPEC road and demanded their immediate and safe recovery along with accountability for the culprits involved. The road was cleansed after promises from district authorities, which restarted after their promises bore no fruits after a week.
The families claim that during their negotiations with the district authorities, they “endorsed that all the four detainees were with them” and ensured that they would be released. However, they have not been produced yet, and are “illegally in state custody”. The families further add that they were promised in written that the women would be released within “three days” and other two youths within a week, but no traces as of now. Hence, the CPEC road remains blocked from Karki in Kech, suspending all sorts of traffic.
A zonal spokesperson for National Democratic Party’s Kech Zone reacted to the heinous crime of enforced disappearances and termed the inclusion of women into it an “attack on Baloch national sentiments”. He further “justified” the protest sit-in, saying “it was the fundamental human right of the citizens to do so when their grievances remain unaddressed”. While reiterating the party commitment to “resist any such barbaric acts”, the spokesperson was of the view that they would “educate resistance over silence” while asking the state authorities and international women and children rights groups to take the issue seriously. By mentioning the names of the nearby areas, he urged the masses to “own your people and join their protest”.
A spokesperson for Baloch Yakjehti Committee also reacted to the very same, adding that the enforced disappearances “has shattered countless families across Balochistan”. The spokesperson urged “national and international human rights organizations, humanitarian bodies, independent media and people with conscience” to take notice of the “grave human rights situations”, while reiterating that “enforced disappearance is a crime under international law and must not be ignored or normalized”.
Earlier, Baloch Women Forum’s Kech Zone showed solidarity with the protesting families and ensured of any sort of support. They termed the sit-in “a collective indigenous resistance against the state institutions” who were using “unfair and unlawful behavior to illegally restrain without disclosing the whereabouts of Baloch people, including women”. She reiterated that “we fully support the ongoing campaign in Karki, Tejaban Kech.
The families are of the view that they are tired of false promises and would only end the protest when they get their loved ones in person, and not only in “false promises” and “bogus written agreements”.
