A/HRC/16/48 Urgent appeal Yes Government response Yes General allegation N/A Government response N/A Prompt intervention letter N/A Government response N/A Working Group request for a visit Yes Government response None Urgent actions 370. The Working Group transmitted ten cases under its urgent action procedure to the Government. The first two concerned Mr. Noor Muhammad and Mr. Aakash Mallh Sikandar, allegedly abducted by Bhiattai Nagar and Baldia police officers on 3 October 2009, allegedly because of their political activities. The Government acknowledged receipt of these cases. 371. The third case concerned Mr. Shams Ul Din Shams Baloch, allegedly abducted on 1 July 2010, by uniformed and plain-clothed officials at the Mia Ghundia Frontier Corps check post (entrance to Quetta from Karachi). The Government acknowledged receipt of this case. 372. The following three cases concerned Mr. Abdul Sattar, Mr. Abid Ali and Mr. Safeer Ahmed, allegedly abducted by Frontier Corps agents on 15 August 2010, in Chitkan, Panjgur District, Balochistan, Pakistan. The Government acknowledged receipt of these cases. 373. The seventh case concerned Mr. Jameel Yaqoob, allegedly abducted by Frontier Corps agents in Turbat, Balochistan, Pakistan, on 29 August 2010. The Government acknowledged receipt of this case. 374. The eighth case concerned Mr. Zakir Bangulzai, allegedly abducted at the Zafran Medical Store, located near the main Mastung Bus Stop, Balochistan, Pakistan, on 9 September 2010. The Government acknowledged receipt of this case. 375. The ninth case concerned Mr. Imran Khan, allegedly abducted by Frontier Corps agents in front of the main gate of the Quetta Civil Hospital on 7 September 2010. The Government acknowledged receipt of this case. 376. The tenth case concerned Mr. Ahmed Dad Baloch, allegedly abducted by police officers and Pakistani intelligence agents at the Uthal Zero point while travelling in a bus from Gwader to Karachi on 3 October 2010. Standard procedures 377. The Working Group transmitted four newly reported cases to the Government. The first case concerned Mr. Mustapha Setmariam Nassar, a Spanish citizen of Syrian origin, who was allegedly abducted in October 2005 in Quetta, Pakistan, by Pakistani intelligence agents. Allegedly he was detained for a certain period of time in Pakistan and later handed over to the control of United States officials. It was alleged that, in November 2005, Mr. Setmariam Nassar may have been held for a short period of time at a military base in Diego Garcia, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, under United States authority, and that he may currently be being held incommunicado in the Syrian Arab Republic. In accordance with the Working Group’s method of work, the Governments of the Syrian Arab Republic, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America received a copy of this case. 86