Quetta, Feb 27 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation on Friday drew attention to escalating abuses by Pakistani forces across Balochistan, documenting 107 enforced disappearances and 78 extrajudicial killings throughout January. In its latest report, the Human Rights Council of Balochistan (HRCB) recorded 107 enforced disappearances, including a woman.As per the findings among the 107 documented cases, 78 individuals were abducted through house raids, while 29 were taken into custody throug…
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Quetta, Feb 26 (IANS) Another two civilians were extrajudicially killed by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, a leading human rights organisation said on Thursday. The latest incidents come 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 tortured and lifeless body of Nasram Baloch was found dumped on Thursday in the Makseen Nadi area of the province. He had been subj…
Quetta, Feb 4 (IANS) Mobile internet remained suspended in Pakistan’s Balochistan for the fifth consecutive day with the authorities also stopping train services in the province after last week’s coordinated attacks, local media reported on Wednesday. Speaking to Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn, Additional Chief Secretary Hamza Shafqaat said, “Keeping in mind the worsening law and order situation in the province, mobile internet has been shut down.” He further mentioned that mobile internet servic…
Washington, Feb 4 (IANS) Tara Chand, President of Baloch American Congress, slammed Pakistan’s Defence Minister, Khawaja Asif, over his claim that enforced disappearances in Balochistan are a fraud, describing the remarks as “shameless, cruel, and deeply offensive”.Taking to social media platform X, Chand said, “Pakistan’s Defence Minister, Khawaja Asif, should be ashamed. Speaking on the floor of the National Assembly, he claimed that the issue of enforced disappearances in Balochistan is…
Quetta, Jan 29 (IANS) Traders held a shutter-down strike in Gwadar, Panjgur and Turbat areas of Pakistan’s Balochistan to hold protest against worsening law and order in the region and kidnapping incidents. An alliance of major political parties and all the segments of society, including businesses, were part of the protest, local media reported on Thursday. Financial institutions and large and small commercial centres remained shut on Wednesday to support a businessman from Turbat. An unidentif…
Islamabad, Jan 19 (IANS) Hundreds of people, political workers and traders held a major protest rally in Panjgur town of Pakistan’s Balochistan against increasing incidents of kidnapping for ransom of traders and common citizens and deteriorating law and order situation in the area, local media reported on Sunday. The protest was held on the call given by All Parties Citizen Action Committee of Makran (APCAM) against the kidnapping of area’s prominent figure Gul Jan Rind and many other people in…
Quetta, Jan 16 (IANS) Violence against civilians in Pakistan’s Balochistan province continues to escalate, with a leading human rights organisation reporting the alleged extrajudicial killing of three more Baloch civilians by a Pakistan-backed death squad.Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that the mutilated body of Mulla Razak was found dumped in the Semswari Koar region of the province on Thursday, just one day after his disappearance.Citing local source…
Quetta, Jan 15 (IANS) A female teacher was shot dead outside Allahabad Girls High School in Sibi area of Pakistan’s Balochistan on Thursday, local media reported, citing police officials. The attack took place outside the school, where unknown assailants riding a motorbike opened fire at close range, Pakistan’s leading daily ‘The Express Tribune’ reported citing police and eyewitnesses. Shot in the head, the teacher was taken to a local hospital where she succumbed to her injuries. The gunmen fl…
Quetta, Jan 6 (IANS) A large number of people held a major protest in Turbat against the rising crime and lawlessness in Kech district of Pakistan’s Balochistan. Hundreds of men and women participated in the protest, organised by All Parties Kech, the traders’ association, doctors’ associations, and civil society organisations, the local media reported on Tuesday. The rally held on Monday started from Apsar Bazaar and passed through various parts of the city before reaching Shaheed Fida Chow…
Islamabad, Jan 6 (IANS) The security situation in Pakistan deteriorated sharply in 2025, marking the fifth consecutive year of increasing conflict and violence in the country. A total of 699 attacks were recorded in Pakistan in 2025, showcasing a rise of 34 per cent over 2024, according to the Pakistan Security Report 2025 by PIPS, local media reported. As many as 1,034 people were killed and 1,366 others injured in these attacks, demonstrating a 21 per cent rise in fatalities. The conflict-rela…