The current crackdown revived memories of the disappearances this year of at least five bloggers | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Taha Siddiqui was relaxing in his living room with his son after work when he received a telephone call. On the other end of the line was a man claiming to be with the counterterrorism department of Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency. The man, who Siddiqui said identified himself as Nadeem Bodla, a deputy director of the…