There have been reports of kidnapping of
students in large numbers in many areas of Pakistan. Many
students have disappeared in Pakistan's
balochistan region and outside it. Earlier this incident used to happen in
balochistan, but now
students are being kidnapped in broad daylight from Karachi, Noshki and Kech as well.
Student kidnapped from university
Muslim Dad Baloch, a fourth semester student at Karachi University, was kidnapped from the college's entry gate. Eyewitnesses say that when he was returning to the hostel with his friends, unknown
people forcibly made him sit in a
car and took him away. The student was a resident of Awaran
district in Pakistan's
balochistan province and was a well-known face in Karachi's Baloch student community. His sudden disappearance has created an atmosphere of fear among his friends and his family is in shock.
Pakistani security forces pick up student from home
According to a
balochistan Post report, Hafizullah, son of Qaziabad resident Pir Mohammad, was allegedly picked up from his
home by Pakistani security forces on
sunday (July 27, 2025) in Noshki. The family has expressed concern over his being taken to an unknown location and demanded his immediate release.
The TBP has also reported two recent disappearances in Kech district. On July 23, 16-year-old shopkeeper Qambar Baloch was abducted by ESI men from Turbat area of Balochistan. On
june 27, 2025, Imran Khan, a 26-year-old student of Balochi
language and
culture at Turbat University, was allegedly abducted by Frontier Corps and military intelligence personnel from the city in broad daylight.
'Kidnapping has become a pattern'
According to the report, a representative of Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) said that these are not isolated cases but it is a pattern. VBMP is a group that has been campaigning for the safe recovery of kidnapped persons for a long time. Despite repeated appeals and protests, most of the cases remain unsolved. There is neither any accountability nor any formal investigation of these cases.