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…
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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…
Quetta, April 22 (IANS) At least four civilians, including a woman, were forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, according to leading human rights organisations. Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, on Wednesday strongly condemned the enforced disappearance of Khadija Baloch, a female nursing student.According to the rights body, she was abducted on Tuesday by personnel of Pakistan’s Frontier Corps (FC), Military Intelligence (MI) and Counter-Terroris…
Quetta, April 14 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation has alleged that two more Baloch youths were extrajudicially killed in Balochistan by Pakistani security forces, adding to concerns over continuing human rights violations in the region.Human rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) alleged that 18-year-old Muhammad Khalid was brutally killed by Pakistan’s Eagle Squad personnel on April 10 while travelling to the provincial capital Quetta with two friends to sell their motorbike an…
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…