Geneva: Mary Lawlor, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, has expressed grave concern over the alleged state-backed harassment of Baloch leader and human rights activist Dr. Sabiha Baloch in Pakistan. In a recent statement, Lawlor stated she had received credible reports indicating that Dr. […]
Month: April 2025
A young student who was forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Karachi has safely returned home. According to sources, Yasir Ali, son of Sabzal Ali, a resident of Jumma Goth, Malir, Karachi, and a Media Sciences student at Benazir Bhutto University, went missing during the night between February 24 and […]
Sardar Akhtar Mengal, the leader of the Balochistan National Party (BNP), has stated that the ongoing sit-in protest in Quetta will continue, as the government has yet to take any serious steps to address the protesters’ demands. Akhtar Mengal revealed that former Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani had contacted him in […]
The family of Zaheer Baloch, who has been subjected to enforced disappearance, met with Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) Chairman Nasrullah Baloch, expressing grave concerns over the collective punishment and mental torture they have been enduring. During the meeting, the family stated that Zaheer Baloch has never been involved […]
A powerful blast targeted Pakistani forces in the Kaldan market area of Jemri, Gwadar. Following the explosion, the forces reportedly opened indiscriminate fire, injuring a civilian passerby. According to sources, unidentified assailants used an improvised explosive device (IED) planted on the roadside near Kaldan to target the forces, resulting in […]
In two separate incidents in Balochistan’s Kech and Quetta districts, one previously disappeared youth has returned home, while another individual has been forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces. According to sources, the recovered youth has been identified as Taif, son of Tariq, a resident of Kalaho. He was forcibly disappeared on […]
Quetta (Press Release) The spokesperson of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has strongly condemned the inhumane treatment of their member, Gulzadi Baloch, stating that she was brutally tortured by CTD officials before being transferred to Huda Jail in Quetta. According to the statement, Gulzadi Baloch was forcefully taken away by […]
Kech (Monitoring Desk) The families of two boys, 13-year-old Mehrab s/o Rahmdil and 17-year-old Khan Muhammad s/o Haibtan, have accused Pakistani forces of killing their children while they were hunting seasonal birds in Buleda’s Kocha Tara Jabreen area on April 4, 2025. According to the families, the children were unarmed […]
The cycle of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Balochistan shows no sign of ending. On February 28, security forces raided a village in Mashkay and forcibly disappeared eight Baloch youth in front of their families. Just a few days later, on March 2 around 3 p.m., the bullet-riddled bodies […]
The Baloch Women Forum (BWF) has strongly condemned the continued human rights violations in Balochistan, stating that the suppression of Baloch voices has become an unending norm in the state. In a detailed statement issued by the central spokesperson, the forum highlighted a disturbing pattern of enforced disappearances, illegal arrests […]
