By: Umair Baloch ISLAMABAD: An Islamabad sessions court has sentenced prominent human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari and her husband, advocate Hadi Ali Chatha, to long prison terms under Pakistan’s cybercrime laws, a ruling that has sparked widespread debate over freedom of expression, digital dissent, and the application of the Prevention […]
Month: January 2026
QUETTA: Despite bone-chilling cold weather in Quetta, the protest camp organized by Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) against enforced disappearances in Balochistan continued on Friday in front of the Quetta Press Club. Led by the organization’s chairman, Nasrullah Baloch, the protest has now entered its 6,057th day. On this […]
Islamabad: Prominent human rights lawyer Iman Mazari was arrested in Islamabad after her vehicle was stopped near the Serena Chowk underpass. Iman Mazari was traveling with fellow lawyer Hadi Ali Chattha from the Islamabad High Court Bar Association to the District Court. According to sources, both lawyers were traveling in […]
Throughout Baloch history, women and children were largely spared the hardships of war. Today, however, Baloch women and men are equally subjected to oppression and violence, facing torture, brutality, collective punishment, enforced disappearances, and other forms of abuse. Both genders in Baloch society today share similar emotions, experiences, and memories! […]
QUETTA: The General Secretary of the Baloch National Movement (BNM), Dil Murad Baloch, has strongly criticized Pakistan’s newly introduced law, stating that it does not end enforced disappearances but instead represents their open and formal acknowledgment. In a statement shared on social media platform X, Dil Murad Baloch said that […]
GWADAR: Pakistani security forces have set fire to shelters belonging to laborers associated with oil-related livelihoods in the Kantani area of Jiwani tehsil, Gwadar, Balochistan. Following the incident, affected workers said their only means of survival had been reduced to ashes, leaving dozens of families facing severe economic hardship. Many […]
QUETTA: The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has strongly condemned the government crackdown on protesting government employees in Balochistan, stating that the use of force in Quetta has further exposed the repressive nature of the state. In a statement, BYC said that the ongoing crackdown against government employees and protest leaders […]
QUETTA: Despite severe cold weather and snowfall in Quetta, the protest camp of Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) against enforced disappearances in Balochistan continued uninterrupted. The protest camp, led by VBMP Chairman Nasrullah Baloch, has now completed 6,056 days outside the Quetta Press Club. During this period, people from […]
QUETTA: The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has said that a young man identified as Noman, son of Haidar, was forcibly disappeared and later extrajudicially killed by Pakistani security forces in Kech, Balochistan. According to a statement issued by BYC, Noman, a resident of the Mand, was detained by the Pakistani […]
QUETTA: The Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) has claimed responsibility for a series of road blockades and attacks targeting Pakistani security forces in Turbat, Dera Murad Jamali, Awaran, Kharan and Buleda, according to a statement issued by its spokesperson, Major Gwahram Baloch. According to the statement, BLF fighters carried out a […]
