Baloch rights activist Mehrang Baloch has expressed grave concern over the alarming increase in enforced disappearances and violence against Baloch students in both Balochistan and Punjab, Pakistan.
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He further said, “Yesterday, Hamid Baloch s/o Khan Muhammad, resident of Buleda Kech and a student of 7th semester in the Department of Sociology, University of Sargodha, was secretly and forcibly disappeared.” State agencies. Opposite Ibrahim Hospital, Bahadur Shah Zafar Road, Sargodha, Punjab. Till now he has neither been produced in any court or police station nor has his family been informed about his location.
Hamid, a 7th semester sociology student at Sargodha University, was taken from Bahadur Shah Zafar Road opposite Ibrahim Hospital in Sargodha, Punjab. “So far he has neither been produced in any court or police station nor has his family been informed about his location,” Baloch said.
Balochistan Post reported that Hamid's family and classmates are demanding his immediate release, but his whereabouts are still unknown.
Tension escalated at Panjab University on Monday when members of Jamaat-e-Islami's student wing allegedly attacked Baloch students. Reports indicated that at least five Baloch students were injured in the incident, with some accounts suggesting that firearms were involved.
Two students suffered serious injuries, following which the Baloch Students Council Lahore said police had arrested more than 20 Baloch students following the brawl.
Baloch students have expressed concern over the regular discrimination and violence they face in educational institutions across Punjab, claiming that they are often racially profiled and targeted.
Mehrang Baloch highlighted the significant increase in violence against Baloch students in educational institutions of Punjab.
He referred to the attack on Baloch students at Punjab University and criticized the university administration and police for failing to protect them, saying that the authorities harassed the students instead of providing security, resulting in the death of about ten students. It's done. The detained people are in police custody. ,
Baloch concluded by urging immediate action to stop the enforced disappearance of Baloch students and the violence committed against them.