Quetta, April 29 (IANS) Another three civilians were forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, a leading human rights organisation alleged on Wednesday. Expressing serious concern, Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that two students – 20-year-old Siraj Qambrani and 22-year-old Lal Khan Qambrani – were taken from their home in provincial capital Quetta on the night of April 24 by the personnel of Pakistan’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD)…
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Islamabad, April 28 (IANS) Human rights activist and chief organiser of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), Mahrang Baloch has approached Pakistan’s Supreme Court against the denial of post-arrest bail in a case lodged against her under the 1997 Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), local media reported on Tuesday. Advocate Jibran Nasir filed the petition in Supreme Court on behalf of Mahrang Baloch after the Balochistan High Court (BHC) rejected her bail application on February 23, in connection with a Fi…
Islamabad, April 22 (IANS) A 15-member Afghan family, including minor children, were detained by law enforcement agencies in Pakistan’s Rawalpindi as authorities continued their crackdown against illegal Afghan nationals, local media reported on Wednesday. Sources said more than 5,673 illegal Afghans have been repatriated to Afghanistan since the deadline for voluntary return has ended. The law enforcement agencies have been asked to maintain accurate, comprehensive and consolidated data of all …
Quetta, April 22 (IANS) At least four civilians, including a woman, were forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, according to leading human rights organisations. Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, on Wednesday strongly condemned the enforced disappearance of Khadija Baloch, a female nursing student.According to the rights body, she was abducted on Tuesday by personnel of Pakistan’s Frontier Corps (FC), Military Intelligence (MI) and Counter-Terroris…
Quetta, April 18 (IANS) At least five civilians were extrajudicially killed, and four others were forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, according to leading human rights organisations. Human rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) mentioned that the bullet-riddled body of 17-year-old student Hatim Baloch was dumped on April 16, nearly 11 days after he was allegedly forcibly disappeared by Pakistan’s Frontier Corps personnel from the Paroom area in the Panjgur district.Cond…
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…
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…
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 5 (IANS) Four more civilians have been forcibly disappeared in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, raising fresh concerns over enforced disappearances in the region, media reported on Sunday. Four men from Parom area of Balochistan’s Panjgur district were subjected to enforced disappearance in recent days, according to reports. The missing individuals have been identified as Mohsin, Yahya and Abdul Ahad, who were reportedly taken into custody by Pakistani forces from the Jirek crossin…
Quetta, March 30 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation on Monday highlighted escalating abuses by Pakistani forces across Balochistan, documenting 87 extrajudicial killings and 234 cases of enforced disappearances during the month of February. In its latest report, the Human Rights Council of Balochistan (HRCB) recorded 87 killings across Balochistan last month, including 82 men and five women, while the identities of 15 victims could not be confirmed.“Of the total killings, the lar…