Quetta, Feb 10 (IANS) As violence against civilians continue to escalate in Balochistan, a leading human rights organisation brought to light two separate incidents—the enforced disappearance of a Baloch civilian in Hub district and the extrajudicial killing of another civilian in Kech district, allegedly at the hands of Pakistani forces.Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that Sohrab, a resident of Tump region in Kech, was forcibly disappeared from Baloch …
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Islamabad, Feb 5 (IANS) Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province faces a deepening political confrontation between Chief Minister Sohail Afridi and Governor Faisal Karim Kundi, increasing the escalating terrorism threat in the volatile region, a report has stated. Afridi’s recently reviewed the Safe Cities project. However, Kundi accused him of causing violence through protests while ignoring security duties, a report in Afghan Diaspora Network detailed. Pakistan’s Federal Information Minister Att…
Islamabad: Balochistan has long been a region marked by bloodshed, enforced disappearances, and systematic oppression. For many Baloch, the persistence of these conditions has made endurance increasingly untenable, pushing communities toward the belief that armed resistance is the only remaining response. It was this accumulated anger and despair that appeared to erupt recently, when the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) launched one of the most extensive and coordinated offensives in its history. BL…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The events in Balochistan have left the Pakistan establishment embarrassed as the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed that it killed at least 280 Pakistani personnel during Phase II of “Operation Herof”.Reports from Balochistan state that many Pakistani personnel are quickly retreating as they are not able to scale up to the level that the BLA has. The BLA has said that it lost 35 of its fighters. This includes 18 suicide attackers from the Majeed Brigade.Indian…
Quetta, Jan 27 (IANS) Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) chief Allah Nazar Baloch has accused Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti of implementing a “draconian detention law” while alleging that, on an average, five people are abducted and disappeared daily in the province by the Pakistani law-enforcement agencies. In a statement shared on social media platform Truth Social, Baloch urged the United Nations, the European Union, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the global intelli…
Quetta, Jan 17 (IANS) As violence targeting civilians continues unabated across Balochistan, a leading human rights organisation raised alarm over the enforced disappearance of another Baloch youth, allegedly at the hands of Pakistani forces.Citing local sources, Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that18-year-old Mehran Baloch, a nursing student from Kaleero region in Kech district of the province, was forcibly abducted on January 15.At the time of the incid…
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…
Quetta, Jan 10 (IANS) As violence against civilians continues to escalate across Balochistan, leading human rights organisations on Saturday brought to light the extrajudicial killing of two Baloch civilians by Pakistani forces.Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that Balach Baloch, a resident of Tasp area of Panjgur district, was killed on January 8 after individuals allegedly linked to a Pakistan-backed death squad attempted to detain him and fatally shot h…
Quetta, Jan 5 (IANS) The cycle of persecution against civilians in Balochistan continues, as a leading human rights organization on Monday reported the enforced disappearance of three Baloch civilians, including two brothers, allegedly at the hands of Pakistani security forces.Condemning the incidents, Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that the three Baloch civilians were abducted during a late-night raid on Sunday at Qambrani House in the Killi Suhrab Khan…