Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) chairman Asad Iqbal Butt demanded an end to the decades-old problem of forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Balochistan province.
At least 92 per cent of all fatalities and 86 per cent of the attacks in Pakistan, including those related to terrorism and security forces operations, were recorded in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces in the first quarter of 2024, reported Geo News.
According to the written order for the January 3 proceedings of the court on the petitions filed against enforced disappearances in the country, the apex court strongly objected to manhandling of the families of the missing persons from the Balochistan province in Islamabad.
Pakistani security agencies detained a large number of protesters, a majority of them women, who joined the long march against the Baloch Genocide in Balochistan province on Sunday.
A police official was killed and two more were injured after a magnetic improvised explosive device (IED) explosion in Khuzdar district in Balochistan province in Pakistan, Geo News reported on Sunday.
Pashteen, a prominent Pashtun leader, was arrested by the police in Pakistan's Balochistan province on December 4. He was produced before the anti-terrorism court, which handed him over to the police for seven days of physical remand.
Activist Qambar Malik Baloch said thousands of people have become victims of the "kill and dump policy" of the Pakistani state for expressing dissent, while the whereabouts of many others remain unknown.
The Baloch National Movement organised a three-day long exhibition showcasing about the history and violations of human rights in Balochistan province of Pakistan.
At least two people were injured after some unidentified miscreants hurled a hand grenade at Jhalawan Complex on Quetta-Karachi National Highway in Balochistan Province's Khuzdar.
At least five people, including four girls, died in flash floods in Quetta as the torrential rains lashed the various districts of Balochistan province in Pakistan, Dawn reported.