Monday 18 July 2011

Nasir Dagarzahi bullet riddled body found, his brother is still in military custody

Occupied Balochistan: The brutally tortured bullet riddled body of an enforced-disappeared Baloch youth was found in Kharan district. The body was packed in a sack which has later been identified as of Nasir Dagarzahi Baloch.

Nasir Dagarzahi Baloch was abducted along with his brother Mohammad Gul Dagarzahi Baloch at FC check point in Main Ghundi area of Quetta on May 23, 2011. Mohammad Gul Baloch was taking his brother Nasir Dagarzahi for medical check up to Quetta on a passenger van when they reached at Sona Khan Police and FC check point both brothers were abducted by Pakistan security agencies in-front of several passengers and taken away. The bullet riddled body of Nasir Dagarzahi is found from district Kharan while the whereabouts of his brother is still unknown.

It should be recalled that Nasir Dagarzahi, along with three other friends, was first abducted during a midnight raid at his house on January 24, 2010 from Tasp area of Panjgur. On 27 January Abid Rasool Bux Baloch, a 17 year old Baloch student, and Nasir Dagarzai Baloch were shot and dumped in Gwargo area of Panjgour. Abid Rasool had died instantly but Nasir Dagarzahi survived miraculously despite being shot in his neck and legs. The other two friends of Mr. Dagarzahi, Abid Saleem Baloch and Mehrab Umer Baloch, were killed under custody and dumped in a deserted area in near Turbat on May 23, 2011.

Pakistan military have killed 19 force disappeared Baloch in custody just in July 2011.The count of bullet riddled bodies of Baloch youths have crossed the figure of 200 from July 2010 to July 2011. All the victims have been killed in a similar fashion by the Pakistani forces after months of severe tortures in military camps across Balochistan. There are eye witness of each individual cases of those have been abducted from houses, hospitals and passenger buses by the Pakistani security forces. The lives of thousands of remaining Baloch missing persons are at high risk. The recent reports of Human Rights Watch (HRW) , Amnesty International (AI) about the Human rights abuses in Balochistan by the Pakistani security forces and Intelligence agencies are making no difference on ground , as Pakistani authorities are giving no value to the reports of HR bodies and Pakistan military is continuing the kill and dump policy in Balochistan. [Courtesy: Baloch Johd