Quetta, July 22 (IANS) At least four civilians were forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, a leading human rights organisation alleged on Wednesday Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, expressed grave concern over the enforced disappearance of four Baloch youths by Pakistani security forces in the Jiwani area of Gwadar district on Tuesday night.Citing reports, the rights body said that Pakistani forces conducted a late-night raid, searched homes, and s…
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Quetta, July 17 (IANS) The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) took responsibility for the attack targeting a Pakistani military convoy in Balochistan’s Mastung district, claiming that over 45 security personnel were killed and dozens injured during the operation.In a statement issued, BLA spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch said that the attack was carried out on Thursday in the Khadkucha area of Mastung by the armed group’s unit, “Fatah Squad, while describing it as “coordinated and intense ”He said …
Quetta, July 14 (IANS) The Baloch National Movement (BNM) has expressed its grave concern over the current situation in Jimuri Tehsil of Balochistan’s Gwadar district, alleging that the region has been under a complete siege by the Pakistan Army for the past week. The restrictions were imposed following the July 3 attack by Baloch Liberation Army’s (BLA) Majeed Brigade targeting the Pakistan Coast Guards camp in Panwan area in Gwadar, which resulted in the death of over 30 Pakistani personne…
Berlin, July 7 (IANS) The Baloch National Movement (BNM) staged a protest in Germany’s Bremen, highlighting the worsening human rights situation in Balochistan and the alleged atrocities committed by the Pakistani authorities.Addressing the gathering, the speakers said that the Pakistani authorities are subjecting the people of Balochistan to large-scale collective punishment. They said that enforced disappearances and custodial killings have become routine, while accusing the authorities of d…
Quetta, July 6 (IANS) Five tortured dead bodies of Baloch men were recovered from Balochistan’s Gwadar district, with families and rights groups alleging that at least four had been forcibly disappeared months earlier, local media reported. Pakistani military officials, however, said that the five were armed men killed in an operation launched following Friday’s vehicle-borne attack by the Baloch Liberation Army’s Majeed Brigade on a Pakistan Coast Guards camp in the Panwan area of Jiwani in G…
Quetta, July 4 (IANS) The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed responsibility for an attack on a Pakistan Coast Guards camp in the Jiwani region of Balochistan’s Gwadar district that resulted in the death of over 30 security personnel and injuries to several others. In a statement, BLA spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch said that the attack took place on Friday evening in the Panwan area of Jiwani, where a member of the group’s Majeed Brigade rammed an explosive-laden Mazda vehicle into a Coast Gua…
Quetta, June 26 (IANS) Several civilian homes were set ablaze by Pakistani forces during an operation in the Tump area of Balochistan’s Kech district, local media reported.Citing sources, The Balochistan Post reported that the houses belonging to a civilian, Dad Muhammad, in the Kohad area of Tump were torched during the military operation conducted on Thursday.This was not an isolated incident, as several of his houses had previously reportedly been raided and property damaged during earlier …
Quetta, May 12 (IANS) A leading Baloch student organisation expressed grave concern over the deaths of nearly a dozen labourers in the Kuntani area of Balochistan’s Gwadar district while they were reportedly searching for food and work, calling it an example of “extreme state barbarism”.Describing the incident as a “massacre” carried out by Pakistani forces, the Baloch Students Organization Azad (BSO-Azad) said that the case reflected a broader pattern of Baloch genocide.“The Baloch civili…
Quetta, April 20 (IANS) A Baloch family on Monday staged a sit-in protest on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) highway at Sahaki Balgatar in Balochistan’s Kech district following the enforced disappearance of a relative, demanding his immediate and safe recovery. According to the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), 24-year-old farmer Abidin was forcibly disappeared on Sunday evening on Kilkhor Road in the province by Pakistan’s intelligence agencies. Since his enforced disappearance, it…
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…