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…
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Quetta, April 17 (IANS) The Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) has claimed responsibility for an attack on a Pakistani military camp in Jhao area and blocking of a key highway in Kharan area of Balochistan province, local media reported on Friday citing a statement issued by the group. BLF spokesperson Major Gwahram Baloch stated that group’s fighters conducted an attack on a military camp in Kohadu area of Jhao on April 12, which killed or injured several personnel, The Balochistan Post reporte…
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 31 (IANS) Gas supply to Quetta and several districts of Pakistan’s Balochistan province has been disrupted after unidentified assailants blew up the main gas pipeline at Western Bypass area, local media reported on Tuesday. Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) spokesperson said, “An 18-inch diameter main gas pipeline was blown up by unknown people,” adding that the incident occurred in Akhtarabad area, Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn reported. Police said that the armed men planted an exp…
Quetta, March 28 (IANS) The Balochistan Liberation Front has claimed responsibility for a series of coordinated attacks targeting telecommunications infrastructure and a Frontier Corps (FC) post across Balochistan, reportedly causing casualties among security personnel and significant material damage, according to local media reports on Saturday.In a statement to the media, BLF spokesperson Major Gwahram Baloch said the group’s fighters carried out an operation on March 26 in the Bhawani area …
Quetta, March 27 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation has alleged that Pakistani forces carried out another extrajudicial killing of a civilian in Balochistan, raising fresh concerns over human rights violations in the region.Human rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) mentioned that 30-year-old farmer Ubaid Ullah was shot dead on March 20, near Hajika Cross in the province by personnel of Pakistan’s Frontier Corps, who later labelled him a militant.The rights body alleged that no …
Quetta, March 25 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation on Wednesday expressed serious concerns over the continued enforced disappearances of Baloch women at the hands of Pakistani forces. As atrocities against civilians continue to rise in Balochistan, Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that a 23-year-old student, Mahjabeen Baloch, was abducted by Pakistani forces on May 29, last year.Her disappearance, it said, soon after her brother Younus Baloch went…
Quetta, March 23 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation on Monday strongly condemned the enforced disappearance of another student in Balochistan by the Pakistani forces. The latest incident comes against the backdrop of a growing wave of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings across the province.Citing sources, Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that Mumtaz Baloch, a student of the Balochi Literature and Language department at the University…
Seoul, March 23 (IANS) The Baloch National Movement (BNM) held a peaceful protest in South Korea’s Busan, highlighting the ongoing grave human rights violations across Balochistan, including enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, torture, and systematic repression targeting Baloch civilians, activists, and entire families at the hands of Pakistani forces.According to the BNM, the demonstration on Sunday evening near the Apple Outlet at Sasang Station was part of the broader global ca…