Quetta, Feb 22 (IANS) At least eleven members of the same family were forcibly disappeared by the Pakistani forces in Balochistan amid a growing wave of enforced disappearances across the province, a leading human rights organisation said on Sunday.Condemning the incidents, Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that Pakistani security forces raided a house in the Gazgi area of Khuzdar district on February 18, and detained Hayat Bibi, an elderly woman, taking he…
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Islamabad, Feb 17 (IANS) The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has condemned the country’s Crime Control Department (CCD) in Punjab province for pursuing a deliberate policy of staged encounters resulting in extrajudicial killings that fundamentally undermines the rule of law and constitutional protections in the province. Citing various media reports, the HRCP documented at least 670 CCD-led encounters over the course of eight months in 2025, resulting in the deaths of 924 suspects, wi…
Dodoma, Feb 16 (IANS) The recent attacks in Pakistan’s Balochistan underscore not only security challenges, but also what critics describe as persistent failures of Pakistani authorities to address the grievances across the province, a report said on Monday. It added that documented human rights abuses — particularly enforced disappearances and alleged extrajudicial killings — have fostered an environment in which, according to activists, peaceful dissent is criminalised, leaving some to vie…
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 …
Quetta, Feb 5 (IANS) At least two Baloch civilians were extrajudicially killed in Balochistan by Pakistani forces, a leading human rights organisation said on Thursday. These latest incidents come against the backdrop of a growing wave of targetted killings and enforced disappearances across the province.Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that Balach Khalid, a resident of Turbat city in Kech district, was killed by a Pakistan-backed death squad on Wednesday,…
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Horror stories have been emerging from Balochistan, where severe violence has broken out over the past couple of days. With the Pakistan establishment facing severe losses at the hands of the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), fears of the ‘kill and dump’ policy have surfaced yet again. The ‘kill and dump’ policy has been used by the Pakistan Army and ISI several times in the past. This operation has been carried out to silence voices who have spoken out against t…
Quetta, Jan 27 (IANS) At least three more Baloch civilians have been forcibly disappeared by the Pakistani forces in Balochistan province, a leading human rights organisation said on Tuesday. These latest incidents come against the backdrop of a growing wave of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings across the province.Condemning the incidents, Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that 40-year-old Ali Ahmed Reki, a teacher from Surab district in th…
Quetta, Jan 20 (IANS) The Baloch Women Forum (BWF) expressed serious concern over widespread human rights violations across Balochistan, citing a sharp increase in abuses against civilians, especially women, by Pakistani security forces.In its report titled “Baloch Women Victimisation in 2025”, the BWF highlighted that women have increasingly fallen victim to enforced disappearances in Balochistan, with a noticeable rise since December 2025. It added that indiscriminate firing by Pakistani f…
Quetta, Jan 16 (IANS) Violence against civilians in Pakistan’s Balochistan province continues to escalate, with a leading human rights organisation reporting the alleged extrajudicial killing of three more Baloch civilians by a Pakistan-backed death squad.Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that the mutilated body of Mulla Razak was found dumped in the Semswari Koar region of the province on Thursday, just one day after his disappearance.Citing local source…
Quetta, Jan 9 (IANS) Leading human rights organisation, Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP), on Friday demanded an end to enforced disappearances in Pakistan’s Balochistan province and called for the release of two men who were abducted recently. According to the statement released by the VBMP, a person identified as Kaleemullah, a resident of Khudabadan Panjgoor, was abducted from Allahabad Town of Balochistan’s Hub Chowki on January 7. The VBMP demanded the release of Kaleemullah and an en…