Protests were held in Balochistan’s Khuzdar and Hub districts on Saturday, as families and rights activists demanded the recovery of missing persons and an end to enforced disappearances across the region.
In Khuzdar, demonstrators...
Balochistan’s Parliamentary Secretary for Transport, Liaquat Lehri, has sharply criticized Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti, accusing him of incompetence and holding him responsible for the region’s worsening economic and political crisis.
Speaking to reporters, the...
Dr Sabiha Baloch, a senior leader of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), has urged people across Balochistan to “rise up” and speak out against what she described as an “ongoing genocide in the region.”
A renewed wave of enforced disappearances has been reported across various districts of Balochistan in recent days, with multiple individuals allegedly detained by Pakistani security forces and subsequently missing. The incidents have sparked protests and renewed calls...
The Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) said on Thursday its fighters carried out coordinated attacks across several areas of Balochistan on Nov. 5–6 that killed eight Pakistani soldiers, injured five and led to the seizure of government weapons.
The Balochistan government has imposed Section 144 for 30 days, prohibiting pillion riding, the wearing of masks while riding, and all forms of public gatherings.
According to a notification issued by the Additional Chief...
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...
Four men, including a former paramilitary soldier and a teenage student, have been killed in Balochistan’s Kech district, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) said, alleging the deaths were part of an ongoing pattern of extrajudicial executions carried...
Dozens of political and human-rights activists, including family members of victims of enforced disappearances, have been placed on Pakistan’s Fourth Schedule under the country’s Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), sparking widespread condemnation from civil society and rights groups.
Two young men have reportedly been taken into custody and transferred to an undisclosed location by Pakistani security forces in Quetta.
According to local sources, Pakistani military forces and the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) conducted...
