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...
Balochistan has become an information black hole for the world, and Pakistan’s powerful circles are continually employing various tactics to maintain this state of affairs. In the country’s print and electronic media, speaking about the objective realities...
The past two weeks have proven to be extremely deadly for the Pakistani military in Balochistan. In the Jhao area of Awaran district, Major Syed Rabnawaz Tariq was killed in an ambush carried out by the Balochistan...
A year and a half ago, a political resistance movement emerged from the city of Turbat in Balochistan against enforced disappearances, custodial killings, and systematic state repression. That movement camped out in Islamabad for two months, demanding...
On the night of 9 July, the Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) announced “Operation Baam,” immediately followed by a series of coordinated attacks across Balochistan. Military targets were struck in multiple districts, key highways were brought under control...
In Balochistan, scarcely a day passes without those suffering under state repression facing a new tragedy. The story of Zeeshan Zaheer, a resident of Panjgur, is the latest chapter in this seemingly unending catastrophe. Zeeshan’s father, Zaheer...
In Balochistan, the state has adopted repression and violence as central strategies to suppress political resistance and the independence movement. As a result of this policy, armed groups have emerged under the patronage of state institutions, generating...
The concerning pattern of reckless decision-making by Balochistan’s controversial government continues unabated. As people across Balochistan protest against enforced disappearances and state repression, the Pakistan Peoples Party’s contentious provincial government is seeking to legitimise unconstitutional practices by...
Enforced disappearances have plagued Balochistan for over two decades, but in recent years, there has been a noticeable rise in the abduction of Baloch women. On May 29, Mahjabeen Baloch was forcibly disappeared from the nursing hostel...
