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,…
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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, May 1 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation has strongly condemned a Pakistani military operation in Balochistan’s Kharan district, which reportedly injured four civilians and led to the enforced disappearance of another individual.Citing reports, the Human Rights Council of Balochistan (HRCB) mentioned that mortar shelling by Pakistani forces on April 25 struck a residential area in Lijjay region of Kharan, seriously injuring two women, a man, and a one-year-old child. The victim…
Quetta, April 30 (IANS) As violence against civilians continues unabated across Balochistan, leading human rights organisations brought to light the extrajudicial killing of a man and the enforced disappearances of two women, allegedly at the hands of Pakistani forces. The Human Rights Council of Balochistan (HRCB) mentioned that Aamir Noor, a resident of the Tump region of Kech district, was shot dead by a Pakistan-backed death squad on April 28 while travelling with his wife and sister to Kara…
Quetta, April 18 (IANS) Naseem Baloch, chairman of the Baloch National Movement (BNM), on Saturday asserted that the brutal killing of 12 members of a single family in Balochistan’s Barkhan district reflects the “ongoing and unchecked” violence inflicted by the Pakistani military on innocent Baloch civilians. The remarks came after as many as 12 civilians, including women and children, were killed and three others severely injured in Barkhan during Pakistani military bombardment and shelling i…
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 30 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation on Monday highlighted escalating abuses by Pakistani forces across Balochistan, documenting 87 extrajudicial killings and 234 cases of enforced disappearances during the month of February. In its latest report, the Human Rights Council of Balochistan (HRCB) recorded 87 killings across Balochistan last month, including 82 men and five women, while the identities of 15 victims could not be confirmed.“Of the total killings, the lar…
Quetta, March 17 (IANS) A leading Pakistani human rights organisation on Tuesday voiced serious concern over the continued detention and ongoing trials of Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leaders, including Mahrang Baloch, who have been kept in custody for nearly a year while facing “multiple fabricated cases” before the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Quetta. The BYC mentioned that detainees have voiced their concerns on record before the court on February 7 and expressed lack of confidence in the…
Quetta, March 3 (IANS) At least nine Baloch civilians were forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, 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.Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that 17-year-old Shoaib Ahmed Qambrani, a student from Killi Qambrani region of provincial capital Quetta, was forcibl…
Quetta, March 1 (IANS) After suffering losses during the Baloch Liberation Army’s (BLA) Operation Herof, Pakistani police in Balochistan and Sindh killed 27 forcibly disappeared individuals in Karachi, Quetta, and other places, and later termed them armed militants, according to a report. Baloch youth have been subjected to extrajudicial killings in Balochistan for over 20 years, and Pakistan is now also targeting their families as a form of collective punishment.Hamdan Baloch was in the custody…