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...
With the passing of Mama Qadeer Baloch, Vice Chairman of Voice for Baloch Missing Persons, an era has come to an end. Fifteen years ago, Mama Qadeer and his comrades gave an institutional foundation to the peaceful...
On 14 December, during a press briefing at the Central Police Office in Quetta, Balochistan’s Additional Chief Secretary for Home and Tribal Affairs, Hamza Shafqat, and DIG Counter-Terrorism Department, Aitzaz Ahmed Goraya, stated that 78,000 intelligence-based military...
Quetta, the capital of Balochistan, is regarded as the centre of medical, educational, political and economic activity in the province. Yet despite this status, the city continues to be deprived of basic civic facilities. Since the Pakistan...
On the night of 30 November, a suicide attack was carried out on the Frontier Corps’ brigade headquarters in Nokundi, a subdivision of Chagai district in Balochistan. The assault lasted for almost thirty-six hours. The Balochistan Liberation...
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...
