Reports from Balochistan, Karachi and Islamabad indicate a series of new alleged enforced disappearances, the recovery of a previously missing lawyer, and continuing protests by families demanding the return of their loved ones.
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Armed groups operating in Balochistan have claimed responsibility for a series of attacks targeting security forces, police posts and vehicles involved in mineral transportation in recent days.
According to statements released to the media,...
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif told a regional summit on Monday that the insurgency in Balochistan “poses a threat” to the entire Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), and accused foreign powers of involvement in recent attacks, which he...
A Pakistan Army helicopter crashed during a training flight in Gilgit-Baltistan on Monday, killing all five crew members on board, the military’s media wing said.
According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the Army Aviation...
Protest rallies, sit-ins and conferences were held across Pakistan on Saturday to mark the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, with rights groups, political leaders and families of the missing calling on Pakistani authorities to...
The Baloch Raaji Aajoi Sangar (BRAS), an alliance of Baloch armed groups, has claimed to be maintaining control of Zehri town in Khuzdar for the past 20 days, saying its fighters killed 37 Pakistani soldiers and seized...
Enforced disappearances continue to surface across Balochistan, with at least four new cases reported in recent days, one individual returning home after weeks in secret detention, and protests underway over the abduction of passengers on the Quetta–Karachi...
On the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, eight human rights and civil society organizations accused Pakistani authorities of systematically failing to end the practice and provide truth, justice and reparations to victims and their...
The Balochistan government has extended the enforcement of Section 144 across the region for another 15 days, while train services have been halted and mobile internet services suspended again despite a court order for their restoration.
Tensions remain high in Balochistan’s Khuzdar district, where protests entered a second day on Friday after the abduction of passengers from a van travelling from Hub Chowki to Khuzdar. Demonstrators blocked the Quetta–Karachi highway near Zawa and...
