Balochistan: Two previously abducted Baloch activists’ parents pass away

QUETTA: The father of disappeared Baloch activist Imran Gurgnadi passed away on Monday in Khuzdar, Balochistan.

According to reports, Ustaad Gamad Khan Gurgnadi died of natural causes. His funeral was held in Sardari area of Tootak in Khuzdar Balochistan where he was laid to rest.

Imran Gurdnadi was abducted in 2010 from Civil Hospital Quetta by Pakistani forces whereas another sixteen members of his family including an 85-year-old man – Haji Raheem Khan – were abducted from Tootak village in February 2011 from district Khuzdar.

In January 2014, a three mass graves were discovered in Mazhi region of Tootak which contained the remains of more than 100 dead bodies. Only two dead bodies were identity who originally hailed from Balochistan’s Awaran district.

The graves were first spotted by a local shepherded who informed the residents but the government forces soon swooped site and cordoned it off to the public.

meanwhile, the mother of another abducted Baloch passed away on Tuesday who had waited for his son for five years.

Her son Jan Mohammad Kurd Baloch son of Abdul Rahim was abducted and disappeared in July 2015 from Burma Hotel area in Quetta – the capital city of Balochistan.

Before these two sad incidents, Elahi Bakhsh the father of ex-chairman of BSO-Azad also passed away.

BSO-Azad leader Mr Zahid Kurd Baloch was abducted in March 2014 and remains missing till today.

The Voice for Baloch Missing Persons -VBMP in a statement has expressed their sadness over the demise of the aged parents of Baloch missing persons.

The organisation in its brief statement said that it was saddening that mothers, fathers and other relatives of Baloch missing persons die in such circumstances where their children cannot even pay last rites to their beloved ones.

The VBMP has urged the government to release the Baloch missing persons on humanitarian grounds because the disappearance of one person becomes the cause of distress and despair of an entire family.

“If there are any accusations against the missing persons they should be presented to a court of law and face a fair trial. So that their families can be put out of their miseries of so many years,” the VBMP said.