Kabeer Baloch's sister waiting for his return even after seven years

The sister of Kabeer Baloch, one of the persons declared missing, has said in a statement that it has been more than seven years since his enforced disappearance.

According to her statement, Kabeer and his friends, Mushtaq Baloch and Attaullah Baloch, disappeared on March 27, 2009, and there is no information about their whereabouts or confirmation whether they were alive.

Currently, more than 24000 Baloch are declared missing,including women and children. The range of the ages of the enforced disappeared by the Pakistani forces varies from 80 to nine.

Kabeer's sister claims that she has approached and appealed to the United Nations, several international human rights organizations and world powers to put pressure on the Pakistan government to return those declared missing or dead.

She has criticised western democracies for speaking about the rights of individuals on the one hand, and on the other hand pursuing foreign policies that expose them as narrow interest-based states.

She also questioned the need for the United States and its allies to supply F-16 fighter jets and other defence equipment to Pakistan, when it is a well known fact that the military brass has a history of using them to commit humanitarian atrocities on the Baloch.

She appealed to the conscience of the world bodies and western democracies to speak up in solidarity with the families of Baloch victims of enforced disappearance - tortured, executed in official custody, and dumped on the streets of Balochistan.