Living in London doesn't keep you safe from the reaching arm of Pakistan security apparatus. Activists think crossing an ocean buys security for their families back home. It doesn't.
On July 1, 2026, around 11 PM, a dozen masked men carrying heavy weapons forced their way into a home in the CMC Old Staff Colony in Larkana, Sindh. They were looking for the family of Mansoor Ahmed Hab. Hab is a central executive member and the main spokesperson for the Jeay Sindh Freedom Movement (JSFM). He doesn't live in Pakistan. He lives in the United Kingdom, completely out of reach of local police or intelligence agencies. Don't forget to check out our earlier post on this related article.
But his family isn't.
The armed group ransacked the home and terrorized the people inside. The twist? Hab's family had actually moved out of that specific house a while ago. When the armed intruders realized they missed their primary target, they didn't just walk away. They left a blunt message with the current tenants: tell Mansoor Ahmed Hab to stop his political activism in London because it goes against state policies. If he doesn't shut down his operations, his entire family will face severe consequences. If you want more about the background of this, USA Today provides an in-depth summary.
The Strategy of Proxy Intimidation
Targeting the relatives of exiled dissidents isn't a new tactic, but it's getting messier. When a state can't extradite a political opponent who is legally protected by Western asylum laws, they squeeze the people left behind. The JSFM has been vocal about Sindhi self-determination and human rights violations, which puts them directly in the crosshairs of Pakistani intelligence.
During the raid, the masked men explicitly told the occupants that Hab's cousin, Muhammad Ayoub Hab, was already in their custody. Muhammad Ayoub Hab was forcibly picked up weeks earlier, on June 9, 2026, from the Gulistan-e-Jauhar area in Karachi. He had been working with the JSFM for three years. His current location is completely unknown.
The message sent through the Larkana raid was explicit. They told the occupants they don't need a warrant to grab anyone else in the family line.
A Pattern of Targeting JSFM Leadership
This isn't an isolated event or a rogue operation. It matches a systematic campaign targeting the exact same group over the last several months. Back in late February 2026, a nearly identical raid hit the ancestral home of Muhammad Usama Soomro, the JSFM UK Coordinator, in Karachi’s Malir Riyo Village.
In that incident, 10 to 15 heavily armed, masked personnel tossed the house at midnight, harassed the female family members, and desecrated portraits of veteran Sindhi nationalist leader G. M. Syed. The intruders gave the family a strict one-month deadline: either Soomro surrenders to Pakistani authorities and stops his UK-based political work, or his relatives pay the price.
JSFM Chairman Sohail Abro has highlighted that these aggressive home invasions are direct retaliation for international protests. The state is specifically triggered by demonstrations organized outside 10 Downing Street and advocacy campaigns within the British Parliament that highlight enforced disappearances in Sindh and Balochistan.
The Mirage of Global Protections
The family has issued frantic appeals to international watchdogs. They want Amnesty International, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), and the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) to step in.
Honestly, these appeals rarely change things on the ground. Statement condemnations don't stop midnight raids in Larkana. Local police won't register cases against intelligence operators, and international bodies possess zero enforcement power inside Sindh. The reality for exiled activists is brutal: your physical safety in Europe or North America comes at the direct expense of your family's safety back home.
If you are tracking international human rights responses or documenting state-sponsored intimidation campaigns, your next step is to log these specific dates, names, and operational patterns. Document the specific operational nexus between the Karachi abduction of Muhammad Ayoub Hab on June 9 and the follow-up Larkana raid on July 1 to build a cohesive case file for international asylum registries.
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