Quetta, Jan 24 (IANS) At least four Baloch civilians were forcibly disappeared in Balochistan by Pakistani forces this week, according to human rights organisations.These latest incidents come against the backdrop of a growing wave of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings across the province.Condemning the incident, the Baloch Voice for Justice (BVJ) mentioned that 29-year-old Irfan, a shopkeeper and resident of Killi Qambrani region in provincial capital Quetta, was taken from his …
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Quetta, Jan 23 (IANS) Human rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) condemned the violence against government employees in Balochistan’s capital Quetta, stating that the incident exposed the oppressive face of the Pakistani authorities.The rights body alleged that the crackdown against protesting government employees in Quetta demonstrated the state’s preference for force, coercion, and violence over dialogue and democratic processes in addressing public grievances. This approach, it sai…
Quetta, Jan 23 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation on Friday condemned the alleged enforced disappearance of a minor by Pakistani forces in Balochistan amid rising violence against civilians in the province. Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that on the night of January 13, a large contingent of Pakistani forces raided the home of Lal Jan, a resident of Buleda tehsil in Kech district of the province, and forcibly took his minor son, Talib Hussain, in…
Quetta, Jan 22 (IANS) The Baloch Students Action Committee (BSAC) condemned the Pakistani police raid on the protest by the Balochistan Grand Alliance, a coalition of government employees, calling the resulting violence and arrests of teachers, professors, and other professionals “extremely alarming”.The remarks followed the arrest of dozens of government employees in Balochistan’s capital Quetta on Tuesday after police blocked a planned sit-in in the city’s Red Zone, where workers had a…
The Hague, Jan 22 (IANS) A delegation of Baloch National Movement (BNM) met various representatives of the Netherlands Parliament, drawing attention to what it described as the ongoing “serious and systematic human rights violations” by Pakistani forces across Balochistan. During the meeting, the delegation held detailed discussions on human rights violations in Balochistan and Pakistan’s preferential trade status under the Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+).It also apprised the…
Quetta, Jan 17 (IANS) As violence targeting civilians continues unabated across Balochistan, a leading human rights organisation raised alarm over the enforced disappearance of another Baloch youth, allegedly at the hands of Pakistani forces.Citing local sources, Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that18-year-old Mehran Baloch, a nursing student from Kaleero region in Kech district of the province, was forcibly abducted on January 15.At the time of the incid…
Islamabad, Jan 13 (IANS) Several areas of Pakistan’s Karachi remained without gas supply on Monday while other regions received gas with low pressure, local media reported on Tuesday. Residents in Karachi continue to face reduced gas supply amid severe winter weather. People said that winter weather had once again exposed the gas utility distribution infrastructure’s failure. They have been facing a gas crisis for the past four days, leading to residents turning to expensive LPG cylinders, furth…
London, Jan 12 (IANS) Evidence emerging from dossiers and open-source material paints a troubling picture of Pakistan’s relationship with internationally designated terrorist organisations. Far from isolated incidents, the findings suggest a coherent model of state patronage, where tolerance, political cover, and material support function as mechanisms to “sanitise” violence. DefenceNet reported that the boundary between the state and groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohamm…
Quetta, Jan 12 (IANS) Another Baloch civilian was forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Balochistan amid an escalating wave of enforced disappearance across the province, a leading human rights organisation said on Monday.Condemning the incident, Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that Arslan Shahwani was forcibly disappeared by Pakistani security forces on Saturday night from the airport road in the provincial capital Quetta.“Arslan was working and …
Quetta, Jan 11 (IANS) Protests were held in Pakistan’s Quetta due to prolonged gas shortages amid a severe cold weather, with residents blocking roads and burning tyres along low pressure and disruption of supplies, local media reported on Sunday. Gas supply has been reduced in several areas amid severe cold, causing serious difficulties for people who are trying to keep their homes warm. The loadshedding in Quetta and surrounding areas has been implemented by the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC)…