‘Missing’ social worker: Civil society protests delay in recovery

KARACHI: Even if my father is wanted in any case or is a terrorist, he deserves a fair trial, said 20-year-old Hani Baloch, the eldest daughter of Wahid Baloch who has been missing since July.

She was talking to The Express Tribune at a protest held on Monday for the recovery of 52-year-old Wahid, who worked as a telephone operator in Civil Hospital, Karachi, but was well-known among the city's literary and social circles.

HRCP, other organisations and Wahid's family took part in the protest rally from Regal Chowk to Karachi Press Club and  demanded the government to recover all missing persons.

Condemning law enforcement agencies, Wahid's daughter said after waiting and struggling for over two months, she was able to get an FIR registered against intelligence agencies at Gadap police station on September 28 with the court’s intervention. According to Hani, her father and his friend, Sabir Ali, were returning from Mirpurkhas on July 26 when two men in plainclothes stopped their vehicle at Superhighway Toll Plaza and took Wahid away.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 4^th, 2016.