Missing Persons
"Hammal is a traditional Baloch name and there are thousands named after it," says Mengal.
Updated 14 May, 2019 09:26am
Missing Persons’ Relatives Committee says recovery of eight more people is expected; Shia community wraps up protest.
Published 10 May, 2019 03:10pm
"We share their pain and we are with them in the process of tracing them," ISPR chief says on personal Twitter account.
Updated 10 May, 2019 01:31pm
Police make 36 arrests following the filing of an FIR; organisers say they "will not be deterred by such tactics".
Updated 08 May, 2019 10:31pm
Matloob was recently in the news as his family had claimed he was picked up from his home.
Updated 07 May, 2019 08:10am
Protesters urge the president to take notice; MWM announces countrywide demonstrations for Friday.
Updated 02 May, 2019 10:53pm
The court also asks the interior secretary to furnish information from an internment centre in KP regarding the trio.
Updated 14 Feb, 2019 09:08am
Citing Sahiwal tragedy, separate petitions filed by parents express apprehension about life of their sons.
Updated 03 Feb, 2019 08:06am
Men who went missing months ago turn up in Ghotki with cautionary messages on paper slips affixed to their bodies.
Updated 27 Jan, 2019 11:30am
The VBMP had recently given Balochistan government two months to recover 110 missing people.
Updated 20 Jan, 2019 10:09am
Voice for Baloch Missing Persons says it has ended protest camp in Quetta for two months.
Updated 16 Jan, 2019 10:32pm
House of Voice for Missing Persons of Sindh convener allegedly raided; 17-year-old brother taken away for questioning.
Updated 15 Jan, 2019 09:32am
Protesters say Jiand Baloch, his father and brother were picked up from Quetta residence on Nov 30 by security agencies.
Updated 04 Dec, 2018 09:50am
13 of those tracked down were found detained at various internment centres.
Published 16 Oct, 2018 01:28pm
Court ordered Sindh home secretary form a JIT for recovery of Hyderabad resident.
Updated 03 Oct, 2018 08:57am
CJP says will chair high-level meetings to watch over Missing Persons Commission's proceedings.
Updated 26 Sep, 2018 04:14pm
A far larger number of persons are shown as missing than actual, meeting told.
Updated 03 Aug, 2018 08:22am
Police say Raza was recovered 10 days ago; reportedly in good health.
Updated 20 Jul, 2018 02:16pm
In landmark judgement, court introduces strict consequences for officials involved in enforced disappearances.
Updated 12 Jul, 2018 09:17am
State agencies held responsible for failure to collect information, take effective measures to track down missing person
Updated 19 Jul, 2018 12:03am
About 5,177 cases of missing persons have been received by the commission.
Updated 06 Jul, 2018 07:30am
Missing scientist, spouse "not in intelligence agencies’ custody", says ministry statement.
Updated 29 Jun, 2018 09:42am
Says he will soon ask nation to ‘offer a sacrifice for a cause’.
Updated 25 Jun, 2018 07:53am
CJP orders LEAs to make information gathering and recovery of missing persons a priority, set up a special cell.
Updated 25 Jun, 2018 07:54am
SHC had summoned inspector general of Sindh police A D Khawaja for not appointing a focal person for missing persons.
Updated 31 May, 2018 10:42am
Recommends those guilty of committing this offence as well as extrajudicial killings should be prosecuted as criminals.
Updated 06 May, 2018 07:58am
“We are waiting to see what happens about the accusation made by NAB Chairman Javed Iqbal,” says Iftikhar Gillani.
Updated 19 Apr, 2018 08:26am
NAB chief says 3,500 people went to Afghanistan along with Sufi Mohammad, but only 135 returned.
Updated 17 Apr, 2018 07:56am
Country’s borders should be under constant surveillance to check movement of people, observes Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan.
Updated 03 Apr, 2018 08:57am
“Disappearances are a tool of terror," says Amnesty International.
Updated 21 Mar, 2018 08:32am