The Baloch Yakjehti Committee has condemned the killing of two young men in separate incidents in Balochistan’s Kech and Panjgur districts, alleging that one was shot dead by alleged state-backed armed men in Buleda while another was killed after 66 days of enforced disappearance.
In a statement, the BYC said 27-year-old Mehran Baloch, son of Muhammad Sharif, was a young shopkeeper from a poor family in Buleda. It said he was leaving for his shop on 21 May when armed men shot him dead in broad daylight in Surap Bazaar.
The BYC alleged that Mehran was killed by what it described as “state-backed death squads”, saying such groups continued to operate openly across Balochistan despite checkpoints and heavy military surveillance.
It said Baloch civilians were being targeted while criminal networks and drug traffickers moved freely “without fear”.
In a separate statement, the BYC said 21-year-old Muhsin, son of Muslim, a driver from Suleman Bazaar in Paroom, Panjgur, was killed after 66 days of enforced disappearance.
According to the BYC, Muhsin belonged to a poor family and was the main source of support for his household. It said he was forcibly disappeared from the Jeerak crossing point in Paroom on 16 March 2026.
For 66 days, the BYC said, his family lived in fear and uncertainty, waiting for news of his return. His body was later recovered from Kallag Koor in Paroom during the days of Eid.
The BYC alleged that personnel of the Frontier Corps had forcibly disappeared Muhsin and later killed him in custody.
The BYC said the two cases reflected what it called a continuing pattern in Balochistan, where people were abducted without FIRs, kept in enforced disappearance without being produced before courts, and later returned as bodies.
It said that during the days of Eid, when families should be celebrating, many Baloch families were instead receiving the bodies of their sons.
“Mothers continue to wait at their doors, fathers live in silent grief, and siblings are left searching for answers that never come,” the BYC said.
The BYC strongly condemned what it described as ongoing enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings and the targeting of Baloch youth.
It appealed to international human rights organisations, the United Nations and global rights bodies to take immediate notice of the situation and press for accountability.
Pakistani authorities had not issued a statement on the BYC’s allegations at the time of publication.