A year ago, on the night of November 23, Wadood Baloch, Balach Baloch, Saif Baloch, and Shakoor Baloch—who had been forcibly disappeared from various areas of Panjgur and Kech and were under the custody of police...
Pakistani state agencies are known to have been engaged in the forced disappearance of numerous political activists in Balochistan, some of whom have been missing for over two decades. Zakir Majeed, the Vice Chairman of the...
The war for independence in Balochistan has spanned more than two decades, witnessing the state's implementation of various counter-insurgency policies. These measures include the enforced disappearance of thousands of Baloch political activists and a disturbing trend...
Residents of Gwadar, the port city known as the crown of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, are experiencing fear and anxiety as Pakistan authorities have decided to erect a fence around the city on the request of...
Karima Baloch’s name has been synonymous with the current phase of Baloch nationalist politics. Not only Baloch activists but others in the region have always felt her giant presence in the Baloch “struggle for freedom” as a...
On August 30, 2021, the Counter-Terrorism Department of Balochistan Police sent a letter to Deputy Commissioner Khuzdar and Deputy Commissioner Awaran. The letter stated that Nasir Farooq, son of Ghulam Farooq from Sadiqabad Zehri, Ghulam Jan,...
The leaders of Pakistan's ruling parties and individuals close to the establishment are shaping a narrative that the Baloch Yakjehti Committee and Sardar Akhtar Mengal lack public support in Balochistan, while also attempting to link them with...
In war-torn Balochistan, the state's counter-insurgency policies have created a situation where joyous festivals are spent protesting for the recovery of loved ones. Eid, typically an opportunity to meet loved ones, is becoming a day of...
Hardly a few days pass in Balochistan without a tragic accident. On the night of May 29th, twenty-eight people were killed when a bus traveling from Turbat to Quetta fell into a ditch. In the five...
On 28th May 1998, Pakistan tested its nuclear devices in the mountains of Ras Koh in Chaghi district. Pakistan conducted 5 simultaneous nuclear tests under the code name of Chaghi-I. Every year on the same day Pakistani government observes...
