A seminar titled “Reimagining Pakistan” was held in Quetta. Several including Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, former Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Aslam Raisani, former federal finance minister Miftah Ismaeel, former People’s party leader and...
In 2009, during the tenure of the Pakistan People's Party, the "Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan" package was announced. Alongside this, counter-insurgency policies were established, introducing Balochistan to enforced disappearances, mutilated bodies, and mass graves. An explicit and implicit ban...
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...
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...
Since the Awami National Party's government in 1970, Balochistan's parliamentary politics has been intricately tied to the power dynamics within Pakistan. The ruling party at the federal level often extends its influence to form the government...
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 Balochistan National Party and the National Party, which are considered the nationalist parties of Balochistan, have recently faced significant setbacks in the local elections. While these parties primarily claim to focus on Baloch national issues...
Panjgur, one of the most insurgency-ridden districts in Balochistan, has become a breeding ground for violence and oppression. Death squads operate with impunity, engaging in looting, enforced disappearances, and killings. Numerous young individuals have fallen victim...
The mother of forcibly disappeared Rasheed Baloch passed away without seeing her son for the last time. Two decades have passed since Ali Asghar Bengalzai's enforced disappearance, Sami Baloch’s father waited for him for twelve years...
In front of the Islamabad Press Club, hundreds of families affected by policies aimed at countering the Baloch insurgency and state repression continue their sit-in. However, instead of addressing the issue of forcibly disappeared persons, state...
