Quetta, May 6 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation on Wednesday expressed serious concern over escalating abuses of Baloch civilians by Pakistani forces, citing a pattern of targetted killings and the subsequent dumping of mutilated bodies in Balochistan between January and April this year. In its thematic report titled ‘Kill and Dump Policy in Balochistan’, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) documented 43 victims of “kill and dump” in 2026 identified by their families, along with 21 case…
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Quetta, May 6 (IANS) As violence against civilians escalate across Balochistan, a leading human rights organisation brought to light the extrajudicial killing of two civilians and enforced disappearance of four others, allegedly at the hands of Pakistani forces.Condemning the brutal incidents, Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that the bullet-riddled bodies of Ajmal Baloch and Saeed Ahmed were dumped on May 3 in the Nalent area of Pasni in the Gwadar distri…
Quetta, April 30 (IANS) A Baloch student organisation on Thursday expressed grave concern over a large number of curriculum books found discarded as waste in Balochistan’s Gwadar district. Sharing a video on social media platform X, which showed piles of curriculum books of the Balochistan Textbooks Board lying in garbage, the Baloch Students Action Committee (BSAC) said that these books were printed and distributed in Gwadar for the 2024-25 academic year.However, the group stated that the boo…
Quetta, April 19 (IANS) Officials of the National Highway Authority (NHA) have stated that Pakistan’s Balochistan province was given only Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 20 million from the national annual revenue pool of PKR 130 billion despite the province having over 4,000 kilometres of national highways, local media reported. NHA officials made the statement during an interactive session with office-bearers and members of the Quetta Chamber of Commerce and Industry, where National Highway Authority G…
Islamabad, April 19 (IANS) Nighttime fishing bans have been imposed by the Pakistani authorities across Balochistan’s coastal district of Gwadar, further impacting the livelihoods of fishermen, who are already suffering due to repeated restrictions, according to local media reports. The authorities cited the prevailing “security situation” for the restrictions.The directives issued by the fisheries department stated that fishing has been prohibited within a one nautical mile radius along the coa…
Quetta, April 16 (IANS) Three Baloch young men have reportedly been forcibly disappeared in overnight raids in Pakistan, sparking fresh concerns over enforced disappearances, local media reported on Thursday. As per reports, Zubair Baloch, a Baloch student, was taken from his home in Dera Ghazi Khan area of Pakistan during the early hours of Wednesday, The Balochistan Post reported.In a post on X, Baloch Student Council, Punjab, stated, “Zubair Baloch, son of Ghulam Fareed, former chairman of Ba…
Quetta, April 16 (IANS) Armed men allegedly linked to Pakistani forces are impersonating as Baloch pro-independence fighters and harassing people in parts of Kharan district in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, local residents have claimed. According to the residents, the said men identified themselves as “sarmachars”, a term commonly used for Baloch armed fighters, while travelling through different parts of the district and threatening people, The Balochistan Post reported.They alleged that the…
Quetta, April 3 (IANS) Four more civilians have been forcibly disappeared in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, a leading human rights organisation said, raising fresh concerns over enforced disappearances in the region.These latest incidents come against the backdrop of a growing wave of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings across the province.Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, strongly condemned the enforced disappearance of a Baloch youth, Kareem, on …
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) While resource-rich Balochistan accounts for roughly half of Pakistan’s discovered mineral wealth, the state’s population is amongst the poorest in the country, with human rights suppression adding to the woes of the people along with the economic exploitation.The state accounts for 90 per cent of the country’s copper reserves, substantial gold, sizable coal deposits, chromite, barite, marble, and other industrial minerals. Hydrocarbon resources are also signific…
Kabul, March 8 (IANS) Fuel and food supplies to several parts of Pakistan’s Balochistan have been disrupted due to the conflict between Iran, Israel and the US, raising prices and sparking fears of shortages in border areas, local media reported. Pakistan’s regions along the border with Iran, especially Makran and Rakshana areas, including Gwadar, Kech, Panjgur, Chagai and Washuk, rely heavily on Iranian goods, which are cheaper and easily available than supplies from other parts of Pakistan, Th…