Quetta, April 13 (IANS) At least six civilians were forcibly disappeared in Balochistan by Pakistani forces, a leading human rights organisation said on Monday.These latest incidents come against the backdrop of a growing wave of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings across the province.Expressing grave concern over the mass enforced disappearances in Dera Bugti district, the Baloch Voice for Justice (BVJ) said, “These actions continue without warrants, charges, or due process, deep…
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London, April 10 (IANS) The Baloch National Movement (BNM) staged a protest in London outside the Prime Minister’s House against ongoing human rights violations across Balochistan, including enforced disappearances, collective punishment, and the “genocide” of civilians by the Pakistani forces. The demonstrations held this week were part of the month-long BNM Global Campaign running from March 10 and brought together a large number of members of the Baloch diaspora.According to the BNM, du…
Quetta, April 9 (IANS) At least one young man was killed, and several women were injured in a drone strike carried out by Pakistani forces in the Mastung district of Balochistan, local media reported on Thursday. Citing reports, The Balochistan Post stated that Pakistani forces targeted a house in the Kurdgap area of Mastung with a drone, fatally injuring Abdul Samad, while women in the house were also wounded.Abdul was transferred to Quetta for medical treatment when he succumbed to his injurie…
Quetta, April 8 (IANS) Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) senior leader Sabiha Baloch has expressed serious human rights concerns in Pakistan’s Balochistan and urged the United Nations to conduct an independent and impartial review of the human rights situation in the province, local media reported. While addressing the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Baloch spoke about issue of enforced disappearances in Balochistan and mentioned that Baloch people continue to go missing u…
Seoul, April 7 (IANS) The Baloch National Movement (BNM) held a peaceful protest in South Korea’s Busan, highlighting the persistent human rights abuses in Balochistan, including enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, torture, collective punishment and systematic military repression by Pakistani forces. The demonstrations held on April 5 near Sasang Station were part of the ongoing BNM Global Campaign running from March 10 to April 9 and brought together Baloch community members, sup…
Quetta, April 6 (IANS) At least three Baloch civilians were extrajudicially killed, while five others were forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, according to a leading human rights organisation. Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that the bullet-riddled body of a Baloch student, Shayhaq Raheem, was recovered on Sunday from the Pasni Link Road area in the Turbat region of the Kech district.Citing reports, the rights body stated that Raheem …
Quetta, April 4 (IANS) Another Baloch student was extrajudicially killed in Balochistan by Pakistan forces, according to a leading human rights organisation.Human rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) mentioned that the dead body of 18-year-old student Ghulam Qadir was found dumped in the Palari area of Gwadar district on April 1, after he had been forcibly disappeared for nearly four months.According to the rights body, on November 24, 2025, he was taken from the Coast Hospital, Gwadar, b…
Quetta, April 3 (IANS) Four more civilians have been forcibly disappeared in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, a leading human rights organisation said, raising fresh concerns over enforced disappearances in the region.These latest incidents come against the backdrop of a growing wave of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings across the province.Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, strongly condemned the enforced disappearance of a Baloch youth, Kareem, on …
Quetta, April 2 (IANS) At least three members of a Baloch family, including a child, were killed in mortar fire by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, according to leading human rights organisations.Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that the tragic incident occurred on the evening of March 31 in the Bungul Bazar area of Awaran district. It added that Pakistani security forces deployed heavy weaponry, including mortar shelling, in areas close to civilian popula…
Quetta, March 28 (IANS) As violence against civilians escalates across Balochistan, a leading human rights organisation brought to light the extrajudicial killing of one civilian and the enforced disappearance of two others by Pakistani forces.Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that the bullet-riddled body of Yawar Habib was discovered in the Turbat region of the Kech district on Friday, nearly nine months after he was forcibly disappeared.The rights body st…