The government imposed on Balochistan’s political landscape seems to have assumed that all the problems here can be solved through communication blackouts and the enforcement of Section 144. Since 6 November, the government has imposed Section 144...
Pakistan’s powerful institutions continue to pursue various policies aimed at suppressing the political resistance movement in Balochistan. Efforts to curb political activity through the use of force remain ongoing; controversial court rulings are being used to imprison...
Justice Athar Minallah of the Supreme Court of Pakistan has described extrajudicial killings as a grave violation of the Constitution and fundamental human rights while dismissing an appeal against the death sentence of Frontier Corps soldier Shadiullah,...
Balochistan’s controversial Chief Minister, Sarfaraz Bugti, during the 17th National Workshop in Quetta, described the ongoing armed struggle in the province as a conspiracy orchestrated by the Indian intelligence agency RAW, branding the Baloch national movement as terrorism. He...
In the Zehri tehsil of Balochistan’s Khuzdar district, the Pakistan Army has been conducting a large-scale operation using both aerial and ground forces, including tanks, artillery, gunship helicopters, and drones. So far, eleven people have been killed,...
Pakistan and China recently tabled a joint resolution at the United Nations Security Council’s 1267 Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee, seeking to designate the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) and its Majeed Brigade, which is engaged in the struggle for...
The controversial government of Balochistan has passed an amendment to the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997 in the provincial assembly, introducing provisions that directly conflict with the fundamental human rights guaranteed by the Constitution of Pakistan. Under this...
In the declaration issued at the 25th Heads of State Council meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), the attack on a school bus in Khuzdar district and the hijacking of the Jaffar Express in Dhadar were...
The leaders of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee remain behind bars even after five months, while state institutions are employing new tactics to keep them imprisoned further. Despite the political nature of the cases and the absence of...
The decisions of the controversial government imposed on Balochistan have turned the people’s lives into an open prison. Basic facilities such as internet and mobile networks were already cut off, and now travel restrictions, the forced closure...
