{"id":6912,"date":"2013-08-23T05:47:56","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T05:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/?p=6912"},"modified":"2021-12-21T05:48:53","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T05:48:53","slug":"hrcp-slams-dumping-of-baloch-dead-bodies-in-karachi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/hrcp-slams-dumping-of-baloch-dead-bodies-in-karachi\/","title":{"rendered":"HRCP slams dumping of Baloch dead bodies in Karachi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lahore<\/i><\/b>, August 23:<\/i><\/b>\u00a0The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has noted with concern the continued dumping of mutilated dead bodies of missing Baloch men in\u00a0Karachi\u00a0and demanded that the killers are brought to justice.<\/p>\n

In a statement released on Friday, the Commission noted \u201cwith great dismay and strongly condemned the fact that there had been no let up in the discovery of dead bodies of missing persons.\u201d<\/p>\n

It added, \u201cWhile the discovery of mutilated dead bodies is unfortunately hardly unusual in\u00a0Karachi, it is a matter of grave concern that in recent months bodies of men who had gone missing in Balochistan have increasingly been found dumped in\u00a0Karachi\u00a0with chits bearing their names left in their pockets for identification.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis week alone, bodies of three Baloch men, Muhammad Ramzan, Abdul Ghafoor and Abdul Razzaq, have been found in\u00a0Surjani\u00a0Town\u00a0area of\u00a0Karachi. Ramzan and Abdul Ghafoor had gone missing in Turbat in Balochistan last week and their families had alleged that they had been picked up by the security forces. Bodies of both men bore signs of torture. The body of Abdul Razzaq, a Balochistan-based journalist who lived in\u00a0Karachi\u2019s Lyari area and had been missing since March, was so badly mutilated that his family could not identify him when they first saw the body. In the end, only his arms and legs were sufficiently intact to enable identification.<\/p>\n

HRCP is gravely concerned over the abduct-kill-and-dump incidents in Balochistan and now the discovery of the missing persons\u2019 bodies in\u00a0Karachi. HRCP demands that the disappearance of the three men and their killing must be fully investigated with a view to identifying the killers and bringing them to justice. It must also be established if Abdul Razzaq was targeted because of his work as a journalist.<\/p>\n

As the federal government has vowed to address the various challenges in Balochistan, it must take up this one on priority and send an unambiguous message to all actors that it will no longer tolerate abducted young men turning up as dead bodies. The goodwill claimed by the government as a democratically elected authority, both at the centre and in Quetta, could soon give way to people\u2019s disappointment and despair if the horrible practice of killing the abducted does not stop.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zohra Yusuf<\/b><\/p>\n

Chairperson<\/p>\n

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