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| Missing Baloch social worker Abdul Wahid returns home | |
| 2016-12-06 | |
| [DAWN] Baloch social worker Abdul Wahid returned to his home in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... 's Lyari ...one of the eighteen constituent towns of the city of Karachi. It is the smallest town by area in the city but also the most densely populated. Lyari has few schools, substandard hospitals, a poor water system, limited infrastructure, and broken roads. It is a stronghold of ruling Pakistan Peoples Party. Ubiquitous gang activity and a thriving narcotics industry make Lyari one of the most disturbed places in Karachi, which is really saying a lot.... area on Monday after allegedly being taken into custody in July this year, family sources told Dawn. Missing since July 26, social activist and writer Abdul Wahid Baloch was taken away by two men in plain clothes while travelling on a bus en route to Karachi with a friend. Baloch’s eldest daughter, 20-year-old Hani, had told Dawn at the time of his 'kidnapping' that her father and his friend Sabir Ali Sabir, and his two children, were returning from an event in Digri, a town in Mirpurkhas district of Sindh, on the afternoon of July 26. Quoting her father's friend, she had said two men in civilian clothes, "one in black and the other in white, came towards the van as it stopped at the Superhighway toll plaza and asked my father’s friend to show his identity card." The family, along with a few friends, then approached the Gadap Town cop shoppe, located right next to the toll plaza. "The police refused to register an FIR and asked us to wait for three days, as he might return," Hani had said. "We then approached the Human Rights Commission of Pakistain (HRCP), where we submitted an application along with his details." Abdul Wahid is a book lover and was a telephone operator at Karachi's Civil Hospital. He helped Baloch authors publish their works and activists print posters. A close friend of his told Dawn earlier that Abdul Wahid was known for participating in events, protest rallies and hunger strikes held by Baloch activists and fishermen for the missing persons. "He was referred to as comrade and used to be a constant fixture at the Karachi Press Club," he said.
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