QUETTA: The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has condemned the killing of Zohaib Ahmed, a graduate student and part-time shopkeeper, in Panjgur district, stating that he was forcibly disappeared and later extrajudicially killed by state-backed armed groups. According to the BYC, Zohaib, son of Muhammad Azum, had arrived at the Municipal […]
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Quetta: The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has released a report highlighting the pattern of enforced disappearances of Baloch women and girls across Balochistan during 2025, saying the use of collective punishment and gender-based human rights violations. Titled “Enforced Disappearances of Baloch Women in 2025: Collective Punishment and Gender-Based Human Rights […]
QUETTA: The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has stated that 14-year-old student Rahi Issa was shot dead in Hoshap, Kech, in a targeted attack. According to BYC, the incident was carried out by an armed group which is operating under state patronage. Local sources report that the attack took place in […]
QUETTA: The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has strongly criticized a recent press conference held by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), saying the military’s media wing of attempting to legitimize extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances in Balochistan. In a statement shared by the BYC on social media platform X, the organization […]
QUETTA: The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has claimed that Ayaz Ahmed, a victim of enforced disappearance, was extrajudicially killed while in custody of Pakistan’s security forces. The statement was shared by the organization on the social media platform X. According to BYC, Ayaz Ahmed son of Dost Muhammad, a school […]
QUETTA: A Pakistani court has granted bail to prominent Baloch rights activist Dr. Mahrang Baloch and several associates in six separate cases, her lawyers said on Tuesday. A magistrate’s court in Mastung approved bail in two cases filed under Section 144 of the criminal code against Baloch Yakjehti Committee leader […]
Quetta: Dr. Mahrang Baloch stated that Mama Qadeer Baloch will always be remembered for his unwavering steadfastness, sacrifices and long years of struggle. She recalled that during her father’s enforced disappearance, the news of Nawab Akbar Bugti’s martyrdom reached her through an old newspaper wrapped around a stale piece of […]
Hub Chowki: Professor Shafiq Zahri, the father of Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) activist Mahzeib Baloch, has been released. According to sources, Professor Shafiq Zahri was unlawfully abducted by Pakistani security agencies from Hub Chowki on December 17, 2025, during a raid on his center. He was taken away for the […]
Quetta: The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has paid tribute to veteran human rights activist Mama Qadeer Baloch, describing him as an era of popular resistance and a leading symbol of the Baloch struggle for rights. In a statement issued following his death, the committee said that Mama Qadeer Baloch emerged […]
Quetta: Dr. Sabiha Baloch, a leader of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), has raised alarm over what she described as the systematic targeting of Baloch women, following the enforced disappearance of Hajra Baloch, the fifth such case reported this year. In a statement shared on social media platform X, Dr. […]
