Another Baloch student was reportedly extrajudicially killed by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, as stated by a human rights organization. The body of 22-year-old Junaid Ahmed, who was forcibly disappeared on January 23, was found with bound hands and feet and multiple bullet wounds in Quetta. This incident adds to a series of targeted killings and enforced disappearances in the region.
The Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department condemned the killing, expressing concerns about custodial deaths following enforced disappearances. Additionally, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee highlighted the extrajudicial killing of three other Baloch students, including Jangiyan Baloch, whose mutilated body was discovered in Panjgur district after months of disappearance. The committee raised alarm over the recurring incidents of enforced disappearances and killings in Balochistan.
In a separate incident, a 17-year-old student, Muhnas Baloch, was allegedly killed by Pakistani forces in the Tump region. The Baloch Yakjehti Committee reported that Muhnas was shot by a Pakistan-backed death squad in what residents described as a targeted killing. The body of Nawab Abdullah, who was forcibly taken from his home in 2025, was also found tortured and with bullet wounds in Panjgur district.
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee emphasized that such incidents are not isolated but part of the ongoing atrocities in Balochistan. They highlighted the pattern of enforced disappearances, torture, and killings of Baloch youth and children, calling for urgent attention to the human rights situation in the region.
