Quetta, March 12 (IANS) Another Baloch student was extrajudicially killed by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, a leading human rights organisation said on Thursday. This latest incident comes against the backdrop of a growing wave of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances across the province.Human rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) revealed that the mutilated body of 18-year-old Zameer Dargarzai Baloch from the Sardo area of Panjgur district was dumped on Wednesday in the Was…
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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…
Quetta, March 4 (IANS) Another Baloch civilian was extrajudicially killed by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, a leading human rights organisation said on Wednesday. This latest incident comes against the backdrop of a growing wave of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances across the provinceHuman rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) revealed that the dead body of 17-year-old Yahya Baloch was dumped in the Washbood area of Panjgur district on Tuesday, after five months of being…
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, Feb 28 (IANS) The killing of 27 forcibly disappeared Baloch people at the hands of Pakistani forces earlier this month during the second phase of ‘Operation Herof’ is not an isolated incident, but part of a broader pattern that has persisted for more than a decade in Balochistan, according to a recent report.According to a report in Balochistan Post, following the launch of the second phase of armed resistance ‘Operation Herof’ on January 31 by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) against Pa…
Quetta, Feb 22 (IANS) At least eleven members of the same family were forcibly disappeared by the Pakistani forces in Balochistan amid a growing wave of enforced disappearances across the province, a leading human rights organisation said on Sunday.Condemning the incidents, Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that Pakistani security forces raided a house in the Gazgi area of Khuzdar district on February 18, and detained Hayat Bibi, an elderly woman, taking he…
Quetta, Feb 17 (IANS) The Baloch Women Forum (BWF) has written to the international community drawing attention to what it described as persistent human rights abuses carried out by Pakistani forces across Balochistan, particularly a growing wave of enforced disappearance of Baloch women.In its statement, the forum stated that Baloch women have emerged as the new victims of enforced disappearances, calling the practice illegal and morally reprehensible as well as a violation of international nor…
Quetta, Feb 16 (IANS) Another Baloch student was extrajudicially killed by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, a leading human rights organisation said on Monday.These latest incidents come against the backdrop of a growing wave of targeted killings and enforced disappearances across the province.Condemning the extrajudicial killing of 22-year-old Junaid Ahmed, Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that Ahmed’s body was found on the Eastern Bypass in provincial ca…
Quetta, Feb 14 (IANS) At least fourteen Baloch civilians were forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, according to leading human rights organisations.Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, on Saturday, mentioned that 23-year-old Zulfiqar, a resident of Tasp region in Panjgur district of Balochistan, was forcibly disappeared on Friday by a Pakistan-backed armed group.The rights body also expressed concern over the enforced disappearance of Zakir Noor, a st…
Quetta, Feb 12 (IANS) As violence against civilians continues to escalate in Balochistan, leading human rights organisations brought to light the extrajudicial killing of another four civilians by Pakistani forces across the province.Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that the mutilated body of 32-year-old Pazeer Baloch was recovered on February 7, after being forcibly disappeared from the Washbud region of Panjgur district in Balochistan, on November 25, 20…