LONDON: VMPS-EU Strongly Condemns Violent Suppression by Pakistani Forces on Peaceful Demonstrators in Rawalakot, Pakistan-Administered Kashmir Sarang Sindhi (Coordinator), Saeed Sindhi (Deputy Coordinator) and Shoaib Sindhi (Deputy Coordinator) of the Voice for Missing Persons of Sindh Europe (VMPS-EU) strongly condemned the brutal state response to peaceful demonstrations in Rawalakot, Occupied […]
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KASHMIR; Crackdown on Public Movement in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir – 38 People Forcibly Disappeared An initial list of 38 detained individuals has been compiled amid an ongoing crackdown on the public movement in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, according to local media. According to the source, that the available data remains incomplete, with efforts […]
Brussels Report Highlights Enforced Disappearances, Extrajudicial Killings, Media Restrictions, and Lack of Accountability as Key Challenges of major concern BRUSSELS: Pakistan’s continued access to the European Union’s (EU) Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) trade arrangement has come under renewed scrutiny after the EU’s latest monitoring assessment raised serious concerns […]
BEIJING: The current security situation in Balochistan has emerged as a significant challenge for Chinese investment projects in the region. In June 2026, Saindak Metals Limited warned Pakistan’s Ministry of Energy that the deteriorating conditions were disrupting the transportation of essential supplies and that the Saindak Copper-Gold Project could be […]
QUETTA, BALOCHISTAN: The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has welcomed a statement by United Nations experts criticizing the life sentences handed down to Dr. Mahrang Baloch, a leading Baloch human rights defender and BYC organizer, and Sibghatullah Shahji, calling the move a “grave injustice.” According to BYC, the UN experts described […]
GENEVA: United Nations independent human rights experts have expressed grave concern over the double life sentence handed down to Baloch human rights defender Dr. Mahrang Baloch, describing it as contrary to the principles of justice. The experts said anti-terrorism laws and murder charges should not be used to suppress peaceful […]
WRITER; BAAMSAR BALOCH PART-1 In the beginning, we have to be clear about what an insurgency actually is. Then we will go to the other parts of our discussions. An insurgency, by its root causes, is, overall, the outcome of a political ideology. It may be the political pillars where […]
TEHRAN/ KURDISTAN: The Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) has confirmed the deaths of four of its fighters following recent clashes and exchanges of fire with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in the latest episode of ongoing conflict between the two sides. In an official statement, PJAK confirmed that the […]
QUETTA, PESHAWAR: Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defense claimed responsibility for a series of cross-border air strikes targeting alleged ISIS hideouts in Pakistan’s Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as Pakistan’s military said it successfully shot down four drones that crossed into its territory, in a significant escalation of tensions between the two neighboring […]
LONDON: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai has strongly condemned the life imprisonment sentence handed to Baloch human rights activist Dr. Mahrang Baloch, calling for her immediate release and drawing direct parallels between the current crackdown and a long historical pattern of persecution against women who dare to speak truth […]
