The Unbearable Heaviness of Being: On the Disappearance of Dad Shah

At around 6:30 p.m. on April 21, 26-year-old Fozia was startled by a sudden commotion inside her family’s home in Abdul Rehman Goth, a predominantly Baloch neighbourhood in Hawke’s Bay, Karachi. Armed men stormed the house, she recalled, their voices cutting through the panic, ordering everyone to remain where they were.Fozia said the men were…