Salman Haider disappeared on Friday, his brother Faraz Haider said. He said Salman's wife got a text message on her phone to go and collect his car from a roadside on Islamabad's outskirts.
Pakistain's ministry of interior on Monday ordered police to step up efforts to find the missing activist. No Lion of Islam group has so far claimed that it kidnapped the activist and no government department or intelligence agency has said it detained or locked away
Book 'im, Mahmoud!
him.
Local media have reported that a number of other activists like Salman Haider -- who ran popular social media accounts known for liberal and leftist views -- have also gone missing. These social media accounts -- some of which are no longer accessible -- often highlight what they describe as Pakistain's dual policy of fighting some hard boyz but supporting others.
Pakistain's telecommunication department responsible for blocking social media and controlling the internet in Pakistain did not respond to a request for comment.
Salman Haider has also been participating in rallies and protests against disappearances of nationalists and separatists from Pakistain's southwestern Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
province who are usually detained by intelligence agencies on charges of anti-state activities. The fate of many of these "missing persons" remains unknown.
Left-leaning Pakistain's People's Party submitted Monday a request in parliament, seeking an answer from the Interior Ministry on the disappearances, calling them a planned and coordinated crackdown to silence voices critical of state policies.