After the arrest of Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz’s (JSQM) former member Rafaqat Jarwar, his cousin, a government school teacher in Badin has been picked up by the police and men in plain-clothed. The men who arrived in police mobiles and other vehicles whisked away Ubaidullah Jarwar from a village some 70 kilometres from Badin earlier on Friday. He is the cousin of Rafaqat Jarwar, a local journalist and Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) member, who was picked up on Thursday,His cousin Naseerullah told a local publication that Ubaidullah was taken away just like his brother. The local journalists and civil society also held a demonstration in Tando Bago, Talhar, Matli and other regions of Badin and demanded recovery of the missing men. International bodies, including UN and Amnesty International, and national human right groups have severely criticised the extrajudicial practices in the country at various occassion.

Source: Pakistan Today February 16, 2018 20:43 UTC