A Baloch M.Phil student from Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, was shot and killed on Tuesday in Turbat, the central city of Balochistan’s Kech district.
Local sources said that unidentified armed men opened fire on Allah Dad, son of Abdul Wahid, near Gamshad Hotel before fleeing the scene. The victim’s body was shifted to Teaching Hospital, Turbat, but no arrests have been made so far.
According to family and friends, Allah Dad had been pursuing an M.Phil in History at QAU, Islamabad. Human rights advocate Imaan Zainab Mazari said in a post on X that he had been “harassed on campus and in Islamabad,” ultimately forcing him to abandon his studies.
She noted that once he returned to Balochistan, “he was killed,” adding that such attacks highlight the vulnerability of Baloch students both inside and outside Balochistan.
Norway-based Journalist Kiyya Baloch pointed out that the murder occurred amid other violent incidents in Turbat this week, including a bomb attack on a private school owner’s home and the enforced disappearance of a 17-year-old boy. He described the situation as a sign that “Balochistan continues to burn.”
Activist Waseem Safar Baloch of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) described the killing as “a continuation of the Baloch genocide,” claiming that “these murders, destruction, and massacres are part of a pre-planned conspiracy.”
Dr. Mahrang Baloch, central organizer of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), called Allah Dad’s murder part of a “systematic targeting of Baloch intellectuals” aimed at suppressing the knowledge and resistance of the Baloch nation.
“Allah Dad was part of an educated circle in Baloch society—translating key political and historical works into Balochi,” she wrote on X, insisting that Pakistan wants to “suppress the consciousness of Baloch society” by targeting its educated class.
Meanwhile, another BYC leader, Sammi Deen Baloch, described the killing as a grave loss for Balochistan’s educated class and “a continuation of the Baloch genocide.”
“Sometimes it’s targeted killings, sometimes it’s mass graves or mutilated bodies—every day, the Baloch face state brutality,” Sammi Deen said on X. “Neither the youth, nor children, nor women are safe.”
In an official statement, the BYC condemned the killing of Allah Dad Baloch, alleging that state intelligence agencies were behind the attack.
“Targeting educated Baloch youth like Allah Dad Baloch is an attack on the most brilliant minds of Baloch society,” the BYC spokesperson said, calling the murder a “deliberate and pre-planned assassination.”
The statement further claimed that in recent months, several individuals—including victims of enforced disappearances—have been extrajudicially executed in Turbat and across the Makran region. The BYC alleged that these incidents are part of a “systematic policy to suppress Baloch intellectuals and activists.”
The BYC spokesperson announced that the organization will hold a press conference in Turbat to address the escalating wave of extrajudicial killings across Makran and Balochistan and outline its future course of action.