The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) said two youths who were forcibly disappeared earlier this month by Pakistani forces were killed in Balochistan’s Panjgur district, which it described as part of a pattern of “staged encounters.”
In a statement, the group said Hatim Baloch, a 17-year-old student and resident of Shapatan in Panjgur, was forcibly disappeared by Frontier Corps personnel from Legork in Parom on April 5, 2026.
According to the BYC, he remained in custody for several days, during which he was subjected to physical and psychological torture, before his bullet-riddled and mutilated body was later dumped in a deserted area.
“The state kills people and labels it an encounter in order to conceal its own atrocities. When Hatim Baloch was killed following his enforced disappearance, his merciless murder was sought to be legitimised with the claim that he was killed in an exchange of fire with the forces. But the reality is the complete opposite.”
The group said Hatim’s case had already been registered as an enforced disappearance prior to his death.
The BYC further said that 18-year-old Marwan, son of Hamza Baloch and also a resident of Shapatan, was among four individuals killed in what it described as a “staged encounter” in Panjgur.
According to the statement, the bodies of the four were brought to a hospital and presented as casualties of a combat exchange, while the group alleged they had previously been forcibly disappeared.
The BYC described the incidents as part of what it called a systematic pattern of “Baloch genocide” and “staged encounters” in Balochistan, claiming that forcibly disappeared individuals are later killed and presented as militants.
It alleged that in Panjgur alone, around 40 Baloch youths have been killed in the past three months, with their mutilated bodies discarded in different areas.
“Balochistan is not merely a site of human rights violations but it has been turned into a slaughterhouse for Baloch youth. Precious human lives are being taken on a daily basis without any legal process.”
The group also accused state institutions, including the judiciary, of silence and complicity, and criticised national and international human rights organisations for what it described as inaction.
It called for independent investigations into enforced disappearances and alleged extrajudicial killings, the immediate production of missing persons before courts, and accountability for those responsible.
Pakistani authorities did not immediately comment on the allegations.