The family of Parvez Mazar, an Arabic-language teacher at Government High School Babbar Shor, has accused Pakistani forces of shielding suspects named in the murder case and warned of blocking the Makran Coastal Highway if authorities fail to act, according to reports from Pasni, Balochistan, on 17 October 2026. Mazar was found dead in Pasni on a Wednesday, a day after he was allegedly abducted in front of his own family.

What Happened to Parvez Mazar

According to The Balochistan Post, citing local sources, Mazar was allegedly abducted and taken to a private torture cell where he was subsequently killed. His relatives blamed an armed group they described as a state-backed 'death squad' for the abduction and killing. The children of the slain teacher were among those who gathered outside the Pasni Press Club to demand justice, according to the report.

Protesters at the demonstration alleged that suspects named in the First Information Report (FIR) were being actively sheltered by Pakistani forces and demanded that these individuals be handed over to the police for prosecution.

Ongoing Sit-In Over Enforced Disappearances in Quetta

This comes amid a broader, long-running crisis of enforced disappearances in the province. In Quetta, relatives of missing persons continued their sit-in outside the Press Club, with the protest camp of the Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) completing 6,390 days on Friday. Among those who joined the demonstration were the father and brother of Kamran Khan, who, according to his family, was detained by Pakistani forces from Killi Kashmirabad on Qambrani Road in Quetta on 1 April 2026 and taken to an undisclosed location.

VBMP chairman Nasrullah Baloch said a government commission had registered Kamran's case and issued notices to the relevant institutions. He urged an end to enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in the province, stating that if any disappeared person was accused of an offence, authorities should produce them before a court in accordance with the law, rather than leaving families in 'prolonged uncertainty.'

BYC Leader Flags Forced Displacement Across Balochistan

Separately, Sammi Deen Baloch, a central leader of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) — whose own father, Deen Muhammad Baloch, was forcibly disappeared — described forced displacement, demolition of homes, and curbs on access to basic necessities in Balochistan as grave violations of the fundamental rights of local communities.

'Forcibly displacing people from their land can neither establish lasting peace nor provide genuine security,' Sammi said in a statement. She noted that two decades of forced displacement had cost thousands of families their ancestral land, homes, and livelihoods. She cited fresh incidents during this year alone, from Mastung to Gwadar, and said prolonged curfews and road closures in Zehri, Mashkay, and Zamuran had cut off access to food and other essentials for months.

A Pattern of Unresolved Grievances

Notably, the VBMP's protest camp at 6,390 days represents one of the longest-running continuous civil demonstrations in South Asia against state-linked disappearances, underscoring how deeply entrenched the crisis has become. Critics argue that the absence of judicial accountability for alleged extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances continues to fuel public distrust of security institutions in the province. The teacher's family has warned that a highway blockade remains on the table if no concrete action is taken on the FIR suspects.