The family of a man who has been missing for a year has publicly disowned him, stating they will sever all ties should he be found connected to any proscribed armed groups.
Addressing the media at the Quetta Press Club on Friday, Nizam-ud-Din Bangulzai, accompanied by other relatives, announced their definitive stance regarding his brother, Israr-ud-Din Bangulzai.
Nizam-ud-Din detailed that his brother, a resident of Eastern Bypass, had disappeared a year ago and that extensive efforts to find him had been fruitless. “We tried very hard to find him, but so far, no trace of him has been found,” he stated.
He formally declared that if Israr-ud-Din is discovered to have any association with banned militant organisations, the family will completely renounce him. “If my brother Israr-ud-Din Bangulzai is found to be connected to any banned armed organisations, neither I nor my entire family will have any connection with him,” he affirmed.
In a concluding statement, Bangulzai asserted that the family would not be accountable for any of his brother”s words or actions, adding, ‘We have nothing to do with anything to our brother says or does.’