Balochistan missing persons crisis demands intervention from international organizations

RNE Network.

Pakistan is facing a serious humanitarian crisis as families of people reported missing in Balochistan staged protests outside the Quetta Press Club yesterday, urging authorities to disclose the whereabouts of their relatives. The protesters described the situation as a serious humanitarian crisis, saying the prolonged lack of information has caused severe mental anguish to families of the missing persons. The protesters added that the issue goes beyond personal loss and raises larger concerns about human rights, constitutional safeguards and the rule of law. Claiming that local institutions have failed to address their appeals, the families called on international human rights organisations to intervene. The protest in Quetta comes days after another sit-in in Kech district, where families blocked the CPEC highway in Tejaban for three days over the alleged disappearance of four members of the same family.