Quetta, April 11 (IANS) As violence against civilians continues unabated across Balochistan, leading human rights organisations brought to light the extrajudicial killing of three civilians and the enforced disappearance of five others at the hands of Pakistani forces.Human rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) mentioned that the dead bodies of 17-year-old student Sadiq Noor and 40-year-old driver Muslim Dad were discovered in the Turbat region of Kech district on Friday, nearly seven mont…
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Islamabad, March 27 (IANS) A leading minority rights group on Friday alleged that Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are being exploited as a tool of systematic coercion, enabling organised religious groups and their allies to intimidate judges, prosecutors, police, and politicians, effectively holding the country’s justice system and broader state machinery hostage. According to the Voice of Pakistan Minority (VOPM), this “blasphemy complex” relies on fear of mob violence, targeted killings, and…
Quetta, March 24 (IANS) The Baloch National Movement (BNM) on Tuesday accused Pakistan of continuing with the “inhumane policy” of collective punishment across Balochistan.”Can you imagine that in the 21st century, an entire family is punished for the alleged actions of a single individual? Collective punishment is a practice associated with colonial regimes and authoritarian systems of the past. Yet, in Balochistan, the state of Pakistan continues to implement this inhumane policy — and has re…
Quetta, March 23 (IANS) Naseem Baloch, chairman of the Baloch National Movement (BNM), on Monday called on the global community to end its silence over what he described as the “illegal detention” of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leaders who have been held in custody for a year.He said that the continued imprisonment amounts to a blatant violation of international human rights and due process.“It has been one year since the illegal detention of BYC leaders. One year of injustice, silen…
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Representatives of the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB), along with players from the national squad, visited hospitals in Kabul to check on those hurt in an alleged Pakistani airstrike targeting a medical facility. ODI and Test captain Hashmatullah Shahidi, along with teammates Gulbadin Naib and Qais Ahmad, went to Wazir Akbar Khan Hospital and Kabul Emergency Hospital, where they met with the injured, spoke to survivors, and conveyed their solidarity with the victims a…
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Activists linked to Nepal’s Gen-Z movement continue protests, say reports from Kathmandu, demanding the government make public a report from the probe commission formed to investigate the September 8-9 incidents that led to several deaths. However, officials say the probe panel report may be made public after Nepal’s new government assumes office.The commission, led by former Justice Gauri Bahadur Karki, submitted its report on March 8 to the current government led…
Islamabad, March 10 (IANS) The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has condemned sentencing of 47 party leaders and supporters to 10-year imprisonment on terrorism charges in absentia, terming the prosecution as part of “political vendetta,” a report has detailed. PTI’s statement came after Judge Amjad Ali Shah of the Anti-Terrorism Court-1 in Rawalpindi sentenced 47 PTI leaders and supporters on charges under 21-L of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), 1997. Section 21-L of the ATA, 1997 bars an individua…
Quetta, March 9 (IANS) At least seven Baloch civilians were extrajudicially killed by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, according to leading human rights organisations.Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, strongly condemned the extrajudicial killings of two brothers, Nadil Baloch and Sher Jan, from Awaran district after they were subjected to enforced disappearance by Pakistani security forces. The rights body mentioned that the bullet-riddled body of Nadil was dumped in…
Islamabad, Feb 25 (IANS) A growing number of people are being accused of blasphemy for digital crimes in Pakistan, with human rights group terming it as “blasphemy business” in which fabricated evidence, digitally doctored screenshots or false witness statements are used for filing police complaints. A recent report has highlighted that, In December 2025, the Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi bench acquitted six people who had been sentenced to either life imprisonment or death in a digital blasphe…
Quetta, Feb 24 (IANS) At least five civilians were forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, leading human rights organisations 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 33-year-old Ghulam Sarwar, a labourer from Abdullah Bizenjo Goth area in Hub district, was forcibly disappeared from his l…