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