Balochistan, April 23 -- A third individual killed in what is being described by families as a staged encounter in Balochistan's Duki district has been identified by relatives as Abdul Nabi Marri, a man reportedly missing for two months, as reported by The Balochistan Post.

On April 19, Pakistan's Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) announced that five alleged militants were killed during a shootout in Duki. The CTD claimed the men were associated with Baloch pro-independence armed groups and stated that weapons had been recovered at the site, The Balochistan Post cited.

However, the families of three of the deceased contest the official account, saying the men had been in the custody of Pakistani security forces prior to the incident. A...