Paank, one of the most active human rights organisations working on enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Balochistan, has released its October 2025 report detailing alleged state-linked violence, including enforced disappearances, killings, torture and airstrikes across Balochstan. The report describes what it calls “ongoing state terrorism”, enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killing, allegedly carried out by Pakistani state institutions and armed groups operating under their patronage.
According to the report, alleged state agencies and armed groups backed by these institutions continued to target civilians in multiple districts of Balochistan, resulting in persistent and overt violations of human rights. Similar incidents were also reported in Karachi and Dera Ghazi Khan, which the report says indicates that the crisis is part of a broader state policy rather than isolated incidents.
The report documents a total of eighty-seven enforced disappearances in October. The highest number of cases were recorded in Kech, Panjgur, Khuzdar and Dera Bugti. Most individuals were taken during raids on homes, abducted from roadsides or seized from local markets. Eighteen people who were later released from detention described severe physical torture, psychological abuse and prolonged interrogations, which the report says point to a pattern of systematic torture inside detention centers.
The report also confirms twenty extrajudicial killings. According to Paank, most of the victims were previously forcibly disappeared and had been in the custody of the Pakistani military. Bodies found across various regions bore signs of gunshot wounds, marks of torture and evidence of being found with hands tied. Among those killed was Jahanzaib Baloch, who had been abducted on September 28 from Babr Shor in Pasni. His bullet-riddled body was recovered on October 1 near Zero Point in Lasbela. Similarly, Qudoos Baloch, Nek Saal and Nazar Baloch, all of whom were drivers involved in cross-border trade, were forcibly disappeared on September 30 from the areas of Buleda and Parom. Their bodies were found the next day near the Surab Dam.
In Washuk, Muhammad Azam, a shopkeeper by profession, was abducted on September 11 and his body was recovered on October 6 from Gwarag in the Naag area. In Panjgur’s Parom area, Faqeer Jan was abducted on October 18 by what the report describes as a Pakistani military death squad. His tortured body was found two days later in an isolated area. Additionally, Zahoor Ahmed was detained on the night of October 20 and his body was recovered the next day near Nagor Kor in Prom. In Turbat, the body of Abdul Khaliq was found on November 1. He had been abducted several days earlier. Najeebullah, who worked as a junior clerk at a government school, was killed on October 30 by armed groups reportedly operating under state patronage.
The report also includes the extremely distressing case of Nazia Shafi. On the night of October 28 in Panjgur, Frontier Corps personnel and local informants raided her home and abducted Nazia, her mother and her brother. The following morning, Nazia was found in a severely injured condition and died from her wounds.
In Dera Bugti, the report states that three enforcedly disappeared individuals, Jameel Bugti, Peer Jan Bugti and Haazir Bugti, were killed on October 17 in what Panko describes as a staged or fake encounter conducted by the Counter Terrorism Department. Evidence presented in the report states that Jameel and Peer Jan had been arrested by military personnel in March 2025, which the organisation says clearly proves the encounter was fabricated.
The report also records details of two major airstrikes. On October 5, a Pakistani military airstrike on Moola Chari in the Zehri region killed six civilians. The victims included Manzoor Ahmed, his two children, his nephew, Bibi Rahima and her child. Three others were injured. At the end of October, another airstrike by the Pakistan military in the Chiltan mountains of Quetta injured nine unarmed youth who had gathered for a picnic. The injured individuals were identified as Jahanzaib Mohammad Shahi, Imran Sumalani, Maqbool Ahmed, Zahid Baloch, Manzoor Ahmed, Daulat Khan, Arbab Baloch, Rafiq Lehri and Wajid Ali. According to reports, officials initially avoided confirming this strike.
The Paank report concludes that the rising incidents of enforced disappearances, torture, extrajudicial killings and airstrikes indicate a deepening human rights crisis in Balochistan. Human rights observers have called for an immediate investigative commission, accountability of security institutions and international monitoring to protect civilians from what they describe as an environment of unchecked state power and fear.
Human rights observers have called for an immediate investigative commission, accountability of security institutions and international monitoring to protect civilians from what they describe as an environment of unchecked state power and fear.