Quetta, July 2 (IANS) Several leading human rights organisations on Thursday strongly condemned the arrest of a woman activist and Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) member, Syed Bibi, by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, describing it as part of an escalating crackdown on peaceful activists and “Pakistani fascism”.According to the BYC, Bibi was arrested by Pakistan’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on July 1 from her residence in Kech district without any legal justification. It said that althou…
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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, June 12 (IANS) As violence against civilians continues unabated across Balochistan, leading human rights organisations on Friday brought to light the extrajudicial killing of two more civilians and the enforced disappearance of six others allegedly at the hands of Pakistani forces.Human rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) revealed that the bullet-riddled body of 19-year-old farmer Shabeer Ahmed was dumped on June 8 in the Basima area of the Washuk district, after remaining missin…
Quetta, June 2 (IANS) At least 10 civilians were forcibly disappeared in Balochistan following raids and operations conducted by Pakistani forces across several districts, including Nushki, Khuzdar, and Surab, local media reported on Tuesday.Citing local sources, the Balochistan Post reported that Pakistani armed forces carried out a massive search operation in the Killi Mengal region in Nushki on Monday morning.According to residents, around 20 military vehicles surrounded the area before condu…
Quetta, May 25 (IANS) A woman from Khuzdar city of Pakistan’s Balochistan province has accused an associate of former Balochistan Chief Minister Sanaullah Zehri of killing one of her sons, disabling another and later taking control of her family’s land, local media reported. Addressing a press conference at the Quetta Press club, the woman accused Abdul Malik, also known as Malo, of targetting her family and occupying her property in the town of Zehri. She claimed that Abdul Malik acted under th…
Quetta, May 24 (IANS) An incident of enforced disappearance by Pakistani forces has come to light from the Dasht-e-Ballangur area of Kech district, Balochistan province of Pakistan, local media reported.The missing person has been identified as Imdad, son of Beg Muhammad and a resident of Kiliro-Ballangor, the Balochistan Post reported on Sunday.According to local sources, Imdad was detained at the Bilingur camp on Saturday and has been missing since then. His family says they have not bee…
Quetta, May 21 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation on Thursday strongly condemned the demolition of civilian homes by the Pakistan Army in Balochistan’s Awaran district. Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that during the military operation on May 13 in the Peer Mashkai, Kallar area of Awaran, the houses of Niaz Baloch and Huzoor Bakhsh Baloch were bulldozed.“This incident reflects the ongoing policy of collective punishment being carried out across …
Quetta, May 17 (IANS) The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has said that its fighters had “taken control” of Dalbandin city and the Quetta-Taftan main highway in Pakistan’s Balochistan and warned mineral transporters that convoys carrying what it termed “looted Baloch resources” would no longer be able to travel through the route, local media reported on Sunday. In a statement, BLA spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch said the group’s fighters conducted 10 operations in Balochistan over 10 days, including th…
Quetta, May 8 (IANS) The Baloch Republican Guards (BRG) claimed responsibility for attacks in Balochistan’s Sibi and Sohbatpur districts, completely destroying two electricity towers and damaging two others, while causing casualties and material losses to Pakistani Rangers, according to local media reports.In a statement issued to the media on Thursday, BRG spokesperson Dostain Baloch said the group’s fighters planted explosives in the Lemji area of Sibi on the night of May 6, resulting in t…
Quetta, April 24 (IANS) Another three civilians, including women, were allegedly forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, a leading human rights organisation said on Friday.Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, strongly condemned the enforced disappearance of Sameena from her home in the Istakhli region in Khuzdar district on the night of April 22.Citing reports, the rights body stated that Pakistan’s Frontier Corps (FC) and Military Intelligence person…