RIYADH, 21 April — Fahmida Ghulam Sarwar, the ailing mother of the Pakistani boy who has been reported missing from his home in suburban Riyadh since early last month, is losing all hopes of reuniting with her son. Efforts by the local police and the Pakistani Embassy to trace the whereabouts of 13-year-old Abdul Rahman have so far drawn blank.

Local people believe that the boy may have probably been abducted by a pervert or a victim of child abuse.

“Allah knows how it all happened in our neighborhood, which is a peaceful area,” said Fahmida, her voice choking.

The family has been living in the Suwedi district of Riyadh for several years.

Fahmida believes that her son could not have fled their home on his own. “He was very much emotionally attached to me and to all of us,” she said, furiously denying suggestions that the boy must have fled on his own accord.

The boy’s father, Jan Mohammed, who hails from the Dera Ghazi Khan area of Pakistan, has not returned from the holy city of Makkah where he has traveled to pray for the safe return of his son.

Abdul Rahman is the third son from the first wife of Jan Mohammed, who has six sons and one daughter from two wives. The family, including both wives, lives together in an apartment. The boy has been missing since March 13 after going for a ride on his motorbike. His parents were in Pakistan at the time of his disappearance.

Local police have been unable to locate even the motorbike the boy was riding, despite the fact that the case was lodged in the Manfooha Police Station more than one month ago. The case has now been referred to Suwedi police station to speed up the inquiry.

Some members of the community are convinced that the boy’s disappearance is related to child abuse. In recent months, several incidents of serious physical and sexual abuse have been reported in the local press.

Rana Matloob Ahmed, community welfare attache at the Pakistani Embassy, said the embassy was doing “whatever is possible within the legal framework to help the victim’s family. Saudi Arabia is a vast country and it will take time to comb the entire country as part of a massive search operation.”

Ahmed said the embassy was closely following the case and was fully satisfied with the investigation being conducted by the local authorities.

He said the embassy, however, has conveyed its anxiety in the incident to the Saudi authorities through diplomatic channels. “We are very hopeful,” added Ahmed, while saying that the embassy was fully geared to help any Pakistani resident in distress. There are over 900,000 Pakistanis in the Kingdom.