MASTUNG: After ten long months of relentless suffering and unanswered pleas, the mother of Syed Ihsan Shah, a 16-year-old student who was killed by direct firing from the Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan in Lacpass, Mastung, broke down in tears during a heartrending press conference at the Sarawan Press Club. She passionately called for justice and condemned the ongoing oppression and denial of her rights.
Addressing journalists and the people of Balochistan, she recounted the brutal killing of her son on June 3, 2025, when he was shot in broad daylight for refusing to betray his Baloch identity by collaborating with intelligence agencies. Since then, she has been caught in a relentless quest for justice, facing intimidation, threats and systematic stonewalling by authorities.
Despite exhausting every legal and administrative avenue courtrooms, police stations, government offices and street protests her cries for justice remain unheard. She accused the police of protecting the killers and deliberately delaying the registration of her First Information Report (FIR). Even after a court order to register the FIR, officials attempted to have it withdrawn.
The grieving mother revealed she has been subjected to threats, bribery attempts to silence her, constant surveillance and even drone cameras monitoring her home. She questioned the police’s allegiance to powerful killers and their blatant disregard for the judiciary’s orders.
The mother raised serious concerns over the authorities’ failure to arrest the suspects despite a court-issued arrest warrant dated March 17, 2026. She criticized the investigating officers for delaying action and for their subservience to senior police officers rather than the judiciary.
“Why are the police protecting the killers? Are they influential?” she questioned. “If this were an ordinary criminal, they would have been punished by now.”
With a court-issued arrest warrant still unexecuted after months, she implored political parties, human rights organizations and community leaders including the National Party, Jamaat-e-Islami, Maulana Hidayat-ur-Rehman, BNP, PTM, and others to join her in demanding accountability and justice.
“If police can catch twenty people for stealing a chicken, why can they not catch the killers of an innocent 16-year-old boy in broad daylight?” she lamented.
Her emotional appeal was clear: justice for her son is not just a personal plea, but a call to protect the dignity and rights of all Baloch mothers who suffer in silence.
