Quetta, Jan 23 (IANS) Human rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) condemned the violence against government employees in Balochistan’s capital Quetta, stating that the incident exposed the oppressive face of the Pakistani authorities.The rights body alleged that the crackdown against protesting government employees in Quetta demonstrated the state’s preference for force, coercion, and violence over dialogue and democratic processes in addressing public grievances. This approach, it sai…
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Quetta, Jan 23 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation on Friday condemned the alleged enforced disappearance of a minor by Pakistani forces in Balochistan amid rising violence against civilians in the province. Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that on the night of January 13, a large contingent of Pakistani forces raided the home of Lal Jan, a resident of Buleda tehsil in Kech district of the province, and forcibly took his minor son, Talib Hussain, in…
Quetta, Jan 20 (IANS) The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has announced that it would observe ‘Baloch Genocide Remembrance Day’ on January 25. The human rights organisation also urged the Baloch community across the world to hold protests, seminars, press briefings, video messages, panel discussions, participate in TV programmes, podcasts, webinars, cultural and artistic events to mark the day. In a statement released on X, BYC stated that programmes will be held across Balochistan and around th…
Quetta, Jan 18 (IANS) As violence targeting civilians continues unabated across Pakistan’s Balochistan, a leading human rights organisation, on Sunday, raised alarm over enforced disappearance of two Baloch civilians. According to Baloch Voice for Justice (BVJ), Munib Baloch was taken from his electric shop in the main bazaar of Kharan city while Mughfar Abid was also taken away from the same location. The rights body said that the incident showcases a “clear pattern of enforced disappearances i…
Quetta, Jan 15 (IANS) A female teacher was shot dead outside Allahabad Girls High School in Sibi area of Pakistan’s Balochistan on Thursday, local media reported, citing police officials. The attack took place outside the school, where unknown assailants riding a motorbike opened fire at close range, Pakistan’s leading daily ‘The Express Tribune’ reported citing police and eyewitnesses. Shot in the head, the teacher was taken to a local hospital where she succumbed to her injuries. The gunmen fl…
Quetta, Jan 15 (IANS) The Pakistani security forces have allegedly detained and forcibly disappeared another Baloch woman from Hub Chowki in Hub district of the troubled province, local media reported on Thursday amid rising number of such cases. Fatima, wife of Noroz Islam and a resident of Panjgur, was taken into custody from her residence in Akram Colony and taken to an undisclosed place, The Balochistan Post reported, citing a local source. Furthermore, no official statement regarding her de…
Quetta, Jan 15 (IANS) At least 18 Baloch people were forcibly disappeared in raids conducted by Pakistani armed forces over the past two weeks in Balochistan, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee’s (BYC) said in a statement. The BYC stated that 11 people were forcibly disappeared from Kech’s Hothabad and 7 people from Gwadar’s Panwan Jiwani.According to the group, these enforced disappearances were carried out through raids on homes and targeted operations, showcasing a pattern of collective punishment…
Quetta, Jan 13 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation on Tuesday expressed serious concern over the sharp rise in gender-based human rights violations across Balochistan in 2025, asserting that the enforced disappearances of Baloch women by Pakistani forces reflect a broader, systematic pattern of repression and collective punishment. In its thematic report titled ‘Enforced Disappearances of Baloch Women in 2025: Collective Punishment and Gendered Human Rights Violations in Balochistan’, the…
Quetta, Jan 11 (IANS) The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has accused Pakistan’s military media wing of trying to legitimise enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings, terming the Inter-Services Public Relations’ (ISPR) latest press conference a “systematic effort” to justify state repression in Balochistan, local media reported. In a statement, the BYC said that ISPR Director General’s remarks “once again confirmed” that state policies in Balochistan remain unchanged and the state in…
Quetta, Jan 11 (IANS) Baloch activist Sammi Deen Baloch has rejected the Counter Terrorism Department’s (CTD) allegations against the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), saying that the statements have been circulated in the media without proof and judicial scrutiny. Calling BYC a “peaceful political movement grounded in human rights and dignity”, Sammi Deen Baloch stated that rights group documents enforced disappearances and speaks for families who have been denied arrests, charges, trials, and e…