The Chinese-operated Saindak Metals Limited, which runs the Saindak copper and gold project in Chagai district of Balochistan, has expressed serious concern over the deteriorating security situation in the region and warned that it may be forced...
On the afternoon of 8 July, a major attack targeting the residence of Shafiq Mengal in Khuzdar, the largest district in Balochistan, involved a car bomb explosion followed by hours of armed fighting. The attack was claimed...
Whenever armed groups fighting for independence in Balochistan inflict losses on the Pakistani military, Pakistan’s security institutions routinely respond by killing previously forcibly disappeared persons in extrajudicial circumstances and then claiming they were killed during armed encounters....
Amma Hoori’s entire life was lived under the shadow of state repression. She and her family were among the thousands of Baloch who were displaced during the 1973–77 military operation in Balochistan, carried out under the government...
On 31 January 2026, following the deadly and wide-ranging military campaign known as Operation Herof, the situation in Balochistan has changed, and the campaign is producing long-term economic and political effects on Baloch society. State institutions are...
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) carried out the largest, most organised and most wide-ranging attacks in the history of the Baloch national armed struggle across key cities of Balochistan, as part of the second phase of Operation...
The morning of 31 January began with suicide attacks on key Pakistani military targets across various cities in Balochistan, along with intense clashes between Baloch fighters and the Pakistani military and the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD). In...
A meeting of the Balochistan provincial cabinet was held under the chairmanship of the controversial Chief Minister, Sarfraz Bugti, whose government is led by the Pakistan Peoples Party. During the meeting, a contentious decision was taken to...
During his visit to China, Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met China’s Minister of Public Security, Wang Xiaohong, at the Ministry of Public Security headquarters in Beijing. During the meeting, Pakistan and China decided to establish a...
Months and years continue to pass in Balochistan, yet instead of any improvement in the prevailing conditions, serious problems are steadily worsening. The year 2025 witnessed an increase in enforced disappearances, an escalation of state repression, and...
