Courts in Mastung, Kalat and Quetta have granted bail to Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leader Dr Mahrang Baloch and several other organizers in a series of cases, including those registered under anti-terrorism provisions.
In...
The Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF), a “pro-independence” armed group, said on Wednesday that five of its fighters were killed in a Pakistani drone strike in the Kalat region on December 25.
BLF spokesperson Major...
Residents of Gwadar have accused Pakistani armed forces of subjecting local people to “humiliating” treatment during visits to Koh-e-Batil, saying the behaviour has become increasingly intolerable.
Locals said people going to the area for...
A young man went missing in Balochistan’s Kech district after being detained during a late-night raid by Pakistani forces, local sources said on Wednesday.
They identified the man as Yasir, son of Nasir, who...
Baloch “pro-independence” leader and Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) chief Dr Allah Nazar Baloch has said that the Baloch movement believes in humanism “but not at the cost of slavery and subjugation”, in his first public statement on...
Nawabzada Jamil Akbar Bugti, son of slain Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, has rejected the legitimacy of the title “Chief of Bugti,” stating that no such position exists under the Bugti tribe’s current and historically valid...
The Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF), a “pro-independence” armed group, said on Monday that its fighters had killed ten Pakistani military personnel in a series of attacks in Jhao, Barkhan, Tump and Turbat, less than 24 hours after...
Pakistan’s independent rights watchdog on Monday expressed “grave concern” over what it called a continued practice of arbitrary detentions and enforced disappearances, including several recent cases involving Baloch women and girls.
The Human Rights...
Government employees in Balochistan have announced a pen-down strike starting Monday (today), demanding the acceptance of their longstanding grievances, including the payment of a Disparity Reduction Allowance.
In a statement, Ali Asghar Bangulzai, General...
A new research report by the media watchdog Freedom Network warns that journalists in Balochistan are facing increasing pressure, intimidation and violence from multiple actors, resulting in widespread self-censorship and a shrinking space for independent reporting in...
