India, Jan. 23 -- In 2025, enforced disappearances in Balochistan reached a grim and unprecedented scale, exposing the deep human cost of Pakistan's security-driven approach to dissent and governance in the resource-rich but long-marginalised province.

At least 1,455 cases were documented this year alone - a staggering 75 percent increase from 2024 - marking a sharp deterioration in an already dire human rights landscape. Behind each statistic is a family suspended in anguish, stripped of legal remedies, and denied even the certainty of knowing whether a loved one is alive.

Enforced disappearance is defined under international law as the arrest or abduction of a person by state agents followed by a refusal to acknowledge their fate or w...