On January 27, twenty-three members of AWP (Awami workers party) and PTM (Pashtun Tahafuz Movement) were arrested in Pakistan's capital—Islamabad. They were protesting against the arrest of PTM chief Manzoor Pashteen.
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Let’s forget for a moment that Baloch movement is not 70 years old and stories of enforced disappearances had not started half a century ago, but all this started at the beginning of this millennium. What have the last...
On March 22, Chief Minister Balochistan's spokesperson, Babar Yousafzai, and DIG of CTD Aitzaz Goraya held a press conference at the Balochistan Civil Secretariat to discuss the detention and charges against Mahal Baloch. During the conference,...
The rulers of Pakistan have consistently maintained over the past two decades that the Baloch people should advocate for their rights within the constitutional framework of the country. However, a political movement that emerged in Balochistan,...
For the past ten days, various small and large cities across Balochistan have witnessed ongoing protests organized by the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) under the banner “Breaking the Silence: Standing Against Enforced Disappearances.” The movement highlights the...
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 Pakistan People’s Party led government in 2009 announced the much hyped-up Aghaz-e-Haqooq e Balochistan project to “address the longstanding grievances” of the area. The package included political, administrative, economic and educational initiatives for people of the poor region...
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...
Ten years have passed since the enforced disappearance of Zahid Baloch and Asad Baloch. Zahid Baloch, Chairman of Baloch Students Organization Azad, and Asad Baloch, Junior Joint Secretary, were forcibly abducted by the Pakistan Army on...
A few days ago, former Balochistan Interior Minister Zafarullah Zehri stated in the assembly, while presenting objective facts, that in Balochistan, it is not the Pakistan Army but Bashir Zeb (chief of the Baloch Liberation Army) and...
