SUKKUR: A large number of villagers, including children, staged a demonstration on Feb 12 against police excesses and the alleged forced disappearance of two young boys from the village of Ali Muhammad Pitafi in Khanpur Mahar, Ghotki District.
In the lead of Ahmed Ali Pitafi, Ghulam Rasool, Raza Muhammad Pitafi and others, the protesters raised slogans against the police, accusing them of harassment and creating an atmosphere of fear in the region.
The protesters stated that it was due to a conflict within the Pitafi community that three tribesmen had been killed. They claimed that they had no connection to those murders, but the police had wrongfully implicated them in the cases.
They alleged that Khanpur Mahar police conducted daily raids on their houses and took away grain, solar panels and other household valuables.
They also alleged that the police had arrested and disappeared 14-year-old Imran and 15-year-old Majid Pitafi, and demanded Rs2million bribe for their release.
The protesters demanded an immediate end to police brutality, safe recovery of the two missing boys and a transparent investigation into the triple murder case to ensure justice to the innocent.
Published in Dawn, February 13th, 2026.
