The Baloch journalist Sajid Hussain Baloch who has been living in the Upsalla city of Sweden has been gone missing since days, Dawn reported on March 30. Friends and acquaintances of Sajid Hussain Baloch are shocked to learn that he has been missing from Swedish city Upsalla for nearly a month without a trace. The editorial board of an online magazine, Balochistan Times, of which Hussain was the chief editor, publicly shared the news on March 28 that he had been missing from the Swedish city of Uppsala since March 2 and that a formal case had been filed with the Swedish police on March 3. “As of today (March 28), there is no clue about his whereabouts and well-being. The police have not shared any progress in the investigations with his family and friends,” read the press statement. His brother Wajid Baloch told Dawn that they had waited out 14 days thinking that Sajid might have been stuck in quarantine somewhere, but they opted to break the silence after so many days had passed.
Hussain had left the country some eight years ago after receiving death threats. His wife Shehnaz told Dawn that he had worked on the issue of enforced disappearances in Balochistan, but his report exposing a top drug lord Imam Bheel in 2012 led to some threats. He also sensed being followed, she said. “Then some people broke into his house in Quetta when he was out investigating a story. They took away his laptop and other papers too. After that he left Pakistan in September 2012 and never came back,” said Shehnaz.