Quetta, Feb 14 (IANS) As violence against civilians continues to mount across Balochistan province in Pakistan, a leading human rights organisation on Saturday brought to light the extrajudicial killing of another Baloch youth by the country’s forces. These latest incidents come against the backdrop of a growing wave of targetted killings and enforced disappearances across the province.Human rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) revealed that 25-year-old Kamal Dad, a driver, was killed by …
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Quetta, Feb 13 (IANS) The human rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) expressed serious concerns over the independence of the legal process and judicial delay by a Pakistani court in reserved bail matters involving its chief organiser, Mahrang Baloch and other leaders.According to the rights body, Balochistan’s High Court heard the bail applications of Mahrang Baloch and other BYC leaders on December 17, 2025. The defence, it said, completed its arguments, while the prosecution failed to…
Quetta, Feb 12 (IANS) Baloch activists, political leaders and human rights activists voiced concerns over the situation in Balochistan, focusing on issues like enforced disappearances and political representation, during the Asma Jahangir Conference in Lahore, local media reported. The Baloch Yakjehti Committee’s (BYC) central member Sammi Deen Baloch participated in the conference and held meetings with diplomats, politicians, journalists and reporters. The BYC stated that Baloch used the confe…
Quetta, Feb 12 (IANS) As violence against civilians continues to escalate in Balochistan, leading human rights organisations brought to light the extrajudicial killing of another four civilians by Pakistani forces across the province.Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that the mutilated body of 32-year-old Pazeer Baloch was recovered on February 7, after being forcibly disappeared from the Washbud region of Panjgur district in Balochistan, on November 25, 20…
Kabul, Feb 11 (IANS) The recent attacks in Balochistan highlight not only security challenges but also what critics describe as long standing political failures to address the province’s grievances as the roots of growing violence in the province go back to Pakistan’s independence, a report has highlighted. An article in Afghanistan’s leading news agency Khaama Press mentioned that the recent attacks in Balochistan highlight not only security challenges but also what critics describe as long s…
Quetta, Feb 11 (IANS) Another Baloch civilian was extrajudicially killed by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, a leading human rights organisation said on Wednesday.These latest incidents come against the backdrop of a growing wave of targeted killings and enforced disappearances across the province.Human rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) revealed that the tortured body of 20-year-old Muhammad Fareed Baloch was recovered on February 6, following months of illegal detention by Pakistan’s …
Quetta, Jan 29 (IANS) As violence against civilians continues to escalate in Balochistan, a leading human rights organisation on Thursday brought to light the enforced disappearance of two more Baloch civilians at the hands of Pakistani forces.Condemning the incidents, Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that Ismail Malik, a teacher by profession, was forcibly taken by the Pakistan Army on Wednesday from Kharan district in the province along with his vehicle …
Quetta, Jan 28 (IANS) Human rights activist and member of Baloch Yakjehti Committee, Beebow Baloch, stated that civilians in Balochistan are treated not as rights-bearing citizens, but as a problem to be managed, with their identities reduced to a perceived threat rather than a culture to be respected.Alongside the “dehumanisation” of Baloch civilians, the human rights activist said there exists a brutal truth of systemic neglect by Pakistani authorities.She stressed that the resources extra…
Quetta, Jan 26 (IANS) Highlighting that more than 1,200 enforced disappearances and nearly 200 extrajudicial killings were documented in 2025, human rights group Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has stressed that Pakistan’s Balochistan province has been transformed into a “vast prison” and an even larger “death cell,” local media reported on Monday. While addressing a press conference, BYC representatives stated that number of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killing reported in 2025 sho…
Quetta, Jan 24 (IANS) At least four Baloch civilians were forcibly disappeared in Balochistan by Pakistani forces this week, according to human rights organisations.These latest incidents come against the backdrop of a growing wave of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings across the province.Condemning the incident, the Baloch Voice for Justice (BVJ) mentioned that 29-year-old Irfan, a shopkeeper and resident of Killi Qambrani region in provincial capital Quetta, was taken from his …