KECH, BALOCHISTAN NOV. 13, 2026: The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has said a 30-year-old man was shot dead in Turbat, in Balochistan’s Kech district, during an attempt by armed men (Locally known as Death Squad which works under Pakistani Army Patronage) to forcibly disappear him.
The BYC identified the victim as Raza Ghulam Shah, son of Ghulam Shah, a resident of Kalatuk in Turbat. It said he was killed on Nov. 9.
According to the BYC, at around 7 p.m. Raza was with his grandmother, Noor Bibi, when five armed men arrived in a white Toyota Corolla and tried to abduct him. The group said he resisted and the men opened fire, killing him on the spot. His grandmother and his mother, Zaratoon, were also wounded in the shooting.
The BYC said the killing was a serious violation of the basic human rights to life and security. It said Raza was shot in front of his grandmother, who was herself wounded in the attack and was deprived of his life without any legal or judicial process, causing irreparable loss and trauma to his family.
In its statement, the group said the continued activity of death squads, enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Balochistan is a permanent threat to the lives and basic rights of Baloch civilians. It said no citizen should be forcibly disappeared, targeted, or killed outside the law and that the state has a legal and moral duty to protect its citizens and hold those involved in rights violations to account.
The BYC appealed to the United Nations, international human rights organisations and relevant rights bodies to break their silence and take practical action. It called for an independent investigation, for those involved in the killing to be brought to justice and for an end to the rising number of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Balochistan.
