Baloch activists, political leaders and human rights advocates raised concerns over the situation in Balochistan during the ongoing Asma Jahangir Conference in Lahore, where issues ranging from enforced disappearances to political representation were discussed.
Rahmatullah Nabil, former head of Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS), has alleged that a suicide bombing at a Shia mosque in Islamabad was carried out by Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, a group he claims has links to Pakistan’s Inter-Services...
Pakistan has called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to designate the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA)as a terrorist organisation, while China has reiterated its support for Pakistan, pledging cooperation on security as attacks by Baloch armed groups escalate in Balochistan.
Pakistan’s defence minister, Khawaja Asif, told the National Assembly on Monday that additional military units were being deployed to Balochistan, as attacks under the Baloch Liberation Army’s (BLA) “Operation Herof” continued for a third consecutive day across...
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) said on Sunday that its fighters continued to hold positions in several districts more than 35 hours after launching coordinated attacks across Balochistan under what it calls the second phase of “Operation...
The Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) and the Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army (SRA) on Tuesday claimed responsibility for attacks in Balochistan’s Awaran and Wadh areas and in Sindh’s Sanghar district.
In a media statement, BLF spokesperson...
A series of new enforced disappearance cases have been reported from Gwadar, Kharan, Quetta, Khuzdar, Turbat, Panjgur and Karachi, with families alleging that Pakistani forces detained several young men during separate raids and transferred them to undisclosed...
A blast hit the Jaffar Express in Pakistan’s Sindh province on Monday, derailing four carriages of the train, officials said, as a Baloch armed group claimed responsibility for the attack.
Railway authorities said the...
Rights activist and lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and her husband, Hadi Ali Chattha, were arrested in Islamabad on Friday while they were reportedly en route to a court appearance, her family said.
Imaan’s mother,...
An Islamabad district and sessions court on Friday ordered the arrest of lawyer and human rights activist Imaan Zainab Mazari and her husband, Hadi Ali Chatha, “within 24 hours”.
Mazari and Chatha have been...
