Quetta, May 26 (IANS) Another five civilians were forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, a leading human rights organisation said on Tuesday.Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that 19-year-old Haji Muhammad Karim was taken during a late-night raid on his residence in the Killi Ismail area in the provincial capital Quetta in the early hours of May 22 by personnel of Pakistan’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD).Expressing grave concern ove…
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Quetta, May 22 (IANS) As violence against civilians continues unabated across Balochistan, a leading human rights organisation brought to light the extrajudicial killing of two civilians allegedly at the hands of Pakistani forces.Human rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) on Friday strongly condemned the killing of an elderly farmer, Sheerdil, in the Turbat region of Kech district on May 21, alleging that personnel of Pakistan’s Frontier Corps (FC) opened fire near his land.Citing local s…
Quetta, May 22 (IANS) Human rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) on Friday strongly condemned the recent wave of violence against human rights defenders in Balochistan, alleging that Baloch activists, teachers, intellectuals and students are being systematically targeted by Pakistani authorities.The rights body described the recent killing of academician Ghamkhwar Hayat Baloch as a major example of “state barbarism”.Hayat, a prominent poet, literary scholar, and educator, was reportedly…
Quetta, May 13 (IANS) At least one civilian was extrajudicially killed and two others forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, a leading human rights organisation said on Wednesday. The latest incidents come against the backdrop of a growing wave of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances across the province.Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that 19-year-old driver Buhran Uddin was dumped in the Turbat region of the Kech district,…
Quetta, May 11 (IANS) Human rights organisation Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) slammed Pakistan’s Sindh government for barring the organisation from participating in the Aurat March programme, describing the move as “state fascism” against the people of Balochistan.The rights body stated that declaring the BYC and Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) as banned organisations in the conditional permit issued for the march on Sunday demonstrated the “extreme of state fascism”.Raising questions ov…
Quetta, May 2 (IANS) At least nine civilians were forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, said a leading human rights organisation on Saturday. Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, strongly condemned the enforced disappearance of two civilians, including 24-year-old farmer Qadeer Majeed and a student, Irshad Baloch, from the Khuzdar district.Citing reports, the rights body stated that both individuals were abducted on April 30 from the Badrang Greshag a…
Quetta, April 25 (IANS) Several leading human rights organisations on Saturday strongly condemned the arrest of Baloch activist Fozia Baloch, a member of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), by Karachi police. Her arrest comes following the enforced disappearance of her brother, Dadshah Baloch, who was allegedly taken from his home on April 21 by Pakistani security forces.Since then his whereabouts have remained unknown, while the family’s attempt to register a case was reportedly denied by the …
Quetta, April 24 (IANS) The Baloch Women Forum (BWF) on Friday expressed grave concern over the recent incidents of enforced disappearances of Baloch women and minor girls in Balochistan and Karachi by the Pakistani forces. Citing available information, the BWF stated that in the past few days, at least four women have been taken into custody from their homes and hostels before subsequently getting disappeared.The victims were identified as Husseina Baloch, Gul Bano, Samina Baloch, and Khadija B…
Quetta, April 22 (IANS) As enforced disappearances of civilians continue unabated across Balochistan, students of Bolan Medical College in the provincial capital, Quetta, staged a sit-in protest on Wednesday outside the college premises, demanding the immediate and safe recovery of a female student forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces. According to the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), Khadija Baloch was abducted on Tuesday by Pakistani security forces from the BMC female hostel in Quetta and…
Quetta, April 20 (IANS) As violence against civilians continues unabated across Balochistan, leading human rights organisations brought to light the extrajudicial killing of two civilians and the enforced disappearance of six others at the hands of Pakistani forces. Human rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) mentioned that the dead body of 47-year-old shepherd Zulfaqar was found in the Paroom region of the Panjgur district on April 16, nearly two months after he was allegedly forcibly dis…