The Baloch Students Organization Azad (BSO-Azad) has accused Pakistani armed forces and alleged state-backed armed groups of killing a schoolteacher in Kech district’s Buleda, saying the incident reflects a wider pattern of targeting civilians across Balochistan.
In a statement sent to The Balochistan Post, BSO-Azad said Ayaz Baloch, a teacher from Buleda, had been killed by what it called “state-sponsored death squads” operating as part of a counterinsurgency strategy. The group alleged that Pakistani forces were using proxy armed groups to carry out extrajudicial killings to “avoid directly dirtying their hands.”
The organization said Ayaz was known for teaching children in remote areas and accused the Pakistani armed forces of systematically targeting civilians, including “students, teachers, doctors, writers, political workers and other non-combatants” through enforced disappearances and killings.
“The Pakistani state is involved in severe war crimes in Balochistan,” the statement said, calling for urgent intervention from international human rights organizations. It urged global bodies to “halt the atrocities being committed against the Baloch nation.”
Meanwhile, a separate statement issued by the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) said Ayaz had been forcibly disappeared on 12 November near the Main Bazar area of Mehnaz while returning home from school, allegedly taken by Pakistani armed forces accompanied by a state-backed armed group.
The BYC said his mutilated and decomposed body was found on 19 November in the Reko Dam area of Buleda, adding that he was identified only through his clothing and shoes because “his face was unrecognizable due to torture and decomposition.”
The group said the case “underscores a broader pattern of enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings and torture” in Balochistan, including incidents involving teachers, students, activists and women. It called on the international community to take urgent notice of the situation.