Overview

• Rubina Baloch, 30, was seized by Frontier Corps and Military Intelligence from her sister’s home in Turbat on June 30 during a targeted operation
• Mahjabeen Baloch, a 24-year-old student and polio survivor, disappeared from Quetta Civil Hospital on May 29 in a joint police, CTD and intelligence agency operation
• No information has been released about the current locations or legal status of either Rubina or Mahjabeen Baloch
• The Baloch Yakjehti Committee and Baloch Women Forum have publicly condemned the abductions and demanded the women’s immediate release
• Rights groups warn that the recent cases signal an escalating pattern of gender-based repression and state-led enforced disappearances in Balochistan