Balochistan: Chairman of Ost Welfare Organisation abducted from Karachi

QUETTA: Pakistani security forces whisked away Ost Welfare Organisation’s chairman Mohammad Jan Dashti along with Saeed Baloch from Lyari last night – 21 July 2020.

Saeed is a brother of Abul Qayyum Wafa, General Secretary of Ost who was abducted from Malir area of Karachi on July 10, 2020.  

According to details, the Pakistani security forces last night forcibly abducted the chairman of Ost Welfare Organisation from Karachi’s Baloch populated region in Lyari.

It should be noted that Qayyum Wafa Baloch, General Secretary of Ost Welfare Organisation was also abducted on July 9 and has not been recovered yet and now the chairman of the same organisation has also been abducted.

Ost a Balochi word means Hope, is a welfare organisation that is striving to support poor and needy patients who cannot afford treatment and suffer from life-threatening diseases such as cancer.

The latest kidnapping of the Chairman and General Secretary of Ost shows that the state of Pakistan cannot even tolerate welfare organisations who are merely supporting needy people with health facilities and treatment.  

The Baloch nation has long been complaining that Pakistani security forces are involved in indiscriminate brutalities against Baloch people across Balochistan and Karachi.