Islamabad, Nov 5 (NationPress) The Sindhi nationalist parties are set to stage protests across Sindh province on November 9, aiming to reaffirm their calls for the release of individuals reported as missing and to voice their condemnation of extrajudicial killings, according to local media reports this Wednesday.

The decision to organize the protests was made during a meeting convened by Jeay Sindh Mahaz (JSM) in Hyderabad on Tuesday. Participants included JSM Chairman Riaz Ali Chandio, Niaz Kalani from Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz, Roshan Ali Buriro of the Sindh United Party, Anwar Burdi from Jeay Sindh Tehreek, and Altaf Khaskheli representing Qaumi Awami Tehreek, as reported by The Express Tribune.

During this meeting, attendees presented a list of 22 individuals, primarily students and farmers, who have been unaccounted for since 2010. The leaders demanded the safe recovery of all missing persons and called for an end to enforced disappearances. They urged authorities to take action against any suspects if evidence of their involvement in unlawful activities is available.

The leaders also condemned the practice by police of allegedly executing or wounding suspects in staged encounters. They expressed serious concerns regarding the proposed 27th amendment to Pakistan's constitution, arguing that the people of Sindh have already lost some of their rights through the 26th amendment. They asserted that the federal government aims to further rob Sindh of its resources.

Earlier in October, prominent human rights organizations both inside and outside Pakistan condemned the alleged enforced disappearance of Ghani Aman Chandio, the central chief organizer of the Sindh National Students Federation (SNSF), who was reportedly abducted from a hospital in Karachi.

Witnesses reported that the incident occurred at Memona Hospital on October 28, where Chandio was present for his infant daughter’s treatment. Eyewitness accounts indicate that a group of armed men in civilian clothing, allegedly accompanied by Pakistani paramilitary rangers, entered the hospital, confiscated mobile phones, destroyed CCTV footage, and blindfolded Ghani Aman Chandio before taking him away in front of his family, as reported by The Balochistan Post.

Amnesty International South Asia released a statement describing the abduction of Ghani Aman Chandio as a “blatant attack on his rights to liberty, dignity, and due process”, calling on Pakistani authorities to disclose his whereabouts and ensure his safe return.

“PAKISTAN: The abduction of student activist Ghani Aman Chandio on 28 October from Memona Hospital in Karachi, allegedly by state forces, is deeply troubling. The abduction of a father visiting his hospitalized infant daughter is not only cruel and inhumane, but also a blatant attack on his rights to liberty, dignity, and due process,” Amnesty International South Asia tweeted.

According to eyewitness accounts, men in plain clothes, accompanied by uniformed law enforcement officials, abducted Ghani, threatening bystanders at the hospital and seizing the mobile phones of all family members present.

“Ghani had previously been implicated in a criminal case for allegedly shouting 'anti-state' slogans during a protest and had given a lecture on student politics at the local university just a day before his abduction. We are deeply concerned about Ghani’s safety. The Pakistani authorities must immediately reveal Ghani’s fate and whereabouts, ensuring his safe return. Furthermore, a prompt, thorough, independent, impartial, transparent, and effective investigation into his abduction is necessary to bring to justice all those suspected to be responsible,” concluded the Amnesty statement.