Panjgur: Reports have emerged of intense clashes lasting approximately seven hours between Pakistani forces and armed men yesterday in the Surap area of Panjgur, Balochistan. According to local sources, Pakistani forces suffered casualties during the clashes. Reports indicate that Subedar Yousaf was killed, while several other personnel were injured. Sources […]
Year: 2026
KHUZDAR: Reports have emerged of violence against women and children and the enforced disappearance of two individuals during an operation carried out yesterday by Pakistani forces in the Ornach Khuzdar, Balochistan. According to local sources and eyewitnesses, the raid was conducted by Pakistani forces accompanied by unidentified armed men, who […]
Islamabad: A local court in the federal capital has sentenced prominent human rights lawyer Iman Mazari, known for pursuing cases related to enforced disappearances, and her husband Hadi Ali Chattha to a total of 17 years of rigorous imprisonment each under various charges in a case involving alleged anti-state content […]
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 […]
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 […]
