A woman named Rubina Baloch has allegedly been forcibly taken by Pakistani security forces in Turbat city. According to a report by The Balochistan Post (TBP), this is the second case of a Baloch woman being abducted within a month.

Local news reported that Rubina, 30, works as a Lady Health Visitor with the government and is from the Gowarkop area in Kech district. On Monday, June 30, she was visiting her sister’s home in the Overseas Colony area of Turbat when she was reportedly taken away around 4:00 PM. According to the TBP, personnel from the Frontier Corps and Military Intelligence carried out the operation.

ACTIVISTS CALL FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) confirmed the incident and raised alarm over calling it as a disturbing rise in the forced disappearances of Baloch women. The committee demanded that Rubina Baloch be released immediately.

The Baloch Women Forum also condemned the reported abduction. In a statement, the group said, “It is profoundly troubling that this afternoon at about 4 on June 30, another Baloch woman, Rubina Baloch, daughter of Mohib Ullah and a resident of Sari Kallag Gowarkop, was forcibly taken from her sister’s home in Turbat’s Overseas Colony. She is a Lady Health Visitor by profession who was taken unlawfully.”

The forum added that such cases are becoming “increasingly common” and called on the authorities to stop targeting women through enforced disappearances.

“We urge law enforcement agencies to avoid involving women in the reprehensible act of enforced disappearances and unknown detentions,” the forum added.

Earlier in May, 24-year-old Mahjabeen Baloch went missing from Quetta. Mahjabeen, a university student and polio survivor, was temporarily staying at Quetta Civil Hospital due to a lack of accommodation in her dormitory.

She was reportedly taken on May 29 during a joint operation involving police, the Counter-Terrorism Department, and intelligence agencies. Her whereabouts are still unknown, and rights groups have also called for her release.

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With inputs from ANI