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was picked up while appearing in court and that, there were at least four eyewitnesses present,
who are willing to testify to the facts. He has since never been heard.
Sher Muhammad, general secretary of Pakistan Petroleum Workers’ Union (PPWU) CBA,
Mirza Shaukat Ali, President PPWU, Saifuddin deputy secretary PPWU, Haji Taj Muhammad,
member PPWU, Ghulam Muhammad, Vice President, PPWU, Niaz Muhammad, Senior vice
president PPWU, Niaz Muhammad, Joint Secretary PPWU, Tanvir Ahmed, Vice president
Adhi Field, Nadeem Asghar, member PPWU, Abdul Aziz son of Haji Taj Muhammad, Abdul
Hamid, Mir Ahmed, Mahmud Kafil Ahmed, Amir Ali and Khuda Baksh are from PPWU. The
sixteen people named above were invited by the management of Pakistan Petroleum Limited
to Karachi for holding negotiations on the charter of demands presented by the Union. On
December 6 th , 2005 they reached Karachi and were put up in Regent Plaza Hotel by the
management. On 7 th and 8 ,h December the Union members held negotiations with the
management. The above mentioned Union members and leaders were asleep when they were
rounded up by security forces accompanied by plainclothes persons. According to the
eyewitnesses, the incident took place at 2 a.m. (early morning) of 9 December. There were
other two persons who were also taken with them. The whereabouts of all 18 persons are
unknown.
A letter dated 22 December, 2005, written by Javed Masood, Managing Director PPL, confirms
that the Union members did indeed arrive in Karachi for negotiations on the Charter of Demands.
They were accommodated at Hotel Regent Plaza and held discussions on 7 th and 8 th December,
2005. They were expected to meet the following day but when they did not turn up the
management tried to contact them over the telephone. They received no response and according
to the letter they were making all efforts to trace the missing persons.
Master Faiz Muhammad father of Abdul Hafeez, a teacher of Primary School, Muhammad
Colony, Sui, was also picked up by security forces between the night of 8 th and 9 th December,
2005. He accompanied the members of the Union to get medical treatment.
There are four other reports of disappearance of workers from the PPL compound. The
families have requested for anonymity, because either negotiations with the perpetrators are
underway or because the matter is pending in court.
List of person killed since 31st December, received from Jamhoori Watan Party
31 Dec. 2005 2 men, 2 women, 6 children in Peekal in Gunship attack
1 Jan. 2006 MuhammadAmin s/o Dil Karim Male Near PeshBoghi
2 Jan. 2006 Shah Dost s/o Shohil Male Jori
Mst. Dauli w/o Hakim Female Jori
4 Jan. 2006 Gullu s/o Daurani Male Dera Bugti
Umeda s/o Rugha Male Dera Bugti
Eido s/o Jetha Male Dera Bugti
Daruesh s/o Tanghav Male Dera Bugti
Qadoo s/o Jetha Male Dera Bugti
W/o Shehan Female Dera Bugti
W/o Rahu Female Dera Bugti
W/o Haideran Female Dera Bugti