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Three missing persons killed in a fake encounter in Balochistan

The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) in Pakistan’s Balochistan province has been accused of killing three missing persons in a fake encounter. The allegation was levelled by Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) chairman Nasrullah Baloch, reports Dawn news.

A press release from the CTD said that it had received information that some “terrorists” of the banned Balochistan Liberation Army group were present in the outskirts of Kharan district and possessed a large quantity of weapons and ammunition, with an aim to plan a major terrorist activity.

The press release stated that subsequently a team of its own personnel and a security institution was constituted to locate the possible hideout.

The intelligence teams located the hideout and determined the presence of seven “terrorists” led by Ashfaq Ahmed alias Jameel. The joint team then planned an operation and was allegedly met by indiscriminate firing.

The press release said that as an act of “self defence”, the operation team retaliated and the exchange of fire continued for an hour, during which, Jameel and two others managed to escape while four men died, Dawn reported.

The CTD said that its team tried to chase the fleeing “terrorists” but was unsuccessful in making arrests due to poor visibility and mountainous landscape.

However, while talking to Dawn, Nasrullah, the rights group chairman, contended that the killings were not the result of an operation but was a staged encounter. He said that three of the four individuals killed by the CTD had been identified, with one of them being Tabish Waseem Baloch.

He said that Tabish was a leader of Baloch Students Organisation-Pajjar who was allegedly picked up from Khuzdar on June 9, 2021, and his case was even forwarded to the provincial and federal governments, along with the federal cabinet’s subcommittee on missing persons, Dawn reported.

Nasrullah said that Tabish’s family had identified his body and the other two were Fareed and Salaal, who were picked up from Quetta on September 28 and October 6, respectively.

“The issue of these two missing persons was also raised through VBMP’s platform and the concerned authorities were informed,” the VBMP chairman said.

He urged that the VBMP had no issue if any state criminal was punished in accordance with the law, adding, however, that “killing missing persons in encounters is against the Constitution and a serious violation of human rights, which we strictly condemn and demand that this brutal practice be stopped”.

Veteran politician Afrasiab Khattak also said that there must be a credible judicial inquiry into the incident.

“Killing prisoners even during a war is a war crime. There is no military solution for the political problems in Balochistan,” he said.

(With IANS inputs)

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  1. Balochistan has a long history of deprivation since its forcible merger with Pakistan. Poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, joblessness, social insecurity have led Baloch people to revolt against the Pakistani rulers times and again, but to no avail.

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