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...
Balochistan is among those regions of the world where an undeclared ban has been imposed on the entry of international journalists. If local journalists refrain from promoting the state narrative, they often face severe consequences such as...
On the 9th and 10th of May, while global attention was fixated on a potential military confrontation between Pakistan and India, armed militants launched over seventy-one attacks on the Pakistan Army at fifty-one different locations across various...
On the evening of 2 May, dozens of armed men carried out a well-coordinated, large-scale assault on the strategically located town of Mangochar in Balochistan’s Kalat district. They managed to hold control for several hours. During the...
Following the Baloch Liberation Army’s hostage-taking of the Pakistan Railways’ Jaffar Express in Mashkaf Bolan and deadly assaults on military forces, ministers of Balochistan’s disputed government have accused leaders of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee of serving as...
In its April 14 edition, The Washington Post published a report titled “U.S. Weapons from Afghan War Give Pakistani Militants a Deadly Advantage”. According to the report, Pakistani officials provided the newspaper with the serial numbers of three American rifles...
Pakistan's powerful state institutions continue to rely on the use of force to suppress dissent, as evidenced by their response to the Baloch Yakjehti Committee's peaceful protest. The sit-in led by the Balochistan National Party (Mengal) demanding...
