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Pakistan: Jaffar Express targeted again in Bolan Pass, passengers unharmed
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The Peshawar-bound Jaffar Express was fired upon in Balochistan's Bolan Pass, the sixth attack on the route in recent weeks. Security forces on board returned fire, and the train was later cleared to continue. "No casualty was reported," officials said, as security was tightened along the tr
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Reports link Pakistani agencies to surge in abductions and killings across
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
A new wave of enforced disappearances and killings has swept across Balochistan and parts of Karachi, deepening fears of systematic state repression against the Baloch population. Families and rights activists accuse Pakistan's armed forces, intelligence agencies, and pro-state militias of b
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Jailed BYC leader Mahrang Baloch urges youth to carry forward national mov
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Mahrang Baloch, jailed BYC leader, urged Baloch youth to stay committed to their national movement, fight oppression with education and discipline, reject fear, and uphold truth, justice, and identity, while highlighting the deep suffering caused by enforced disappearances in Balochistan.
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Pakistan: FC headquarters in Peshawar comes under attack amid surge in mil
Updated : 4 months ago IST
A suicide blast and gunfire targeted the Federal Constabulary headquarters in Peshawar on Monday, Dawn reported. Police confirmed the attack and said the area was being secured. The incident comes amid rising militant violence in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
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Baloch Students Organisation Azad accuses Pak forces of killing Baloch tea
Updated : 4 months ago IST
According to BSO-Azad, Ayaz Baloch, a teacher hailing from Buleda, was killed by what they termed "state-sponsored death squads" that function as part of a counterinsurgency strategy. The organisation claimed that Pakistani forces employ proxy armed groups to execute extrajudicial killings t
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BASC raises alarm over abduction of minor girl in hub, calls enforced disa
Updated : 4 months ago IST
The organisation noted that this incident comes months after the disappearance of 23-year-old Mahjabeen from Quetta, whose fate also remains unknown. BASC stated that both cases reflect the continuing pattern of enforced disappearances that have plagued Balochistan for years, now increasingl
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Pakistan's repressive grip tightens as Balochistan suffocates under fear a
Updated : 4 months ago IST
The party warned that the state's coercive approach is driving growing resentment among the province's people and urged Pakistan to embrace dialogue instead of force, as reported by The Balochistan Post.
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Pakistan's enforced disappearance regime intensifies as Baloch youths vani
Updated : 4 months ago IST
According to The Balochistan Post, local accounts report that Shozeb Saleem, son of Haji Saleem Buzdar and a resident of Model Town, Dera Ghazi Khan, vanished on 23 October while on his way to FAST University in Lahore, where he is a seventh-semester civil engineering student. Relatives stat
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Baloch survivor of enforced disappearance again under threat, exposing ong
Updated : 4 months ago IST
According to The Balochistan Post, Saeeda stated that these individuals have not only questioned the family but have also entered the house multiple times, raising fears that her father might be targeted again. She criticised the authorities for failing to conclude any investigation into his
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Baloch activist accuses Pakistani military of genocide-scale repression in
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Baloch leader Mehran Marri has delivered a scathing indictment of Pakistan's human rights record in Balochistan, alleging widespread enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and arbitrary detentions that he describes as "genocide at full escalation."
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Families blame Pakistani forces as new disappearance cases emerge in Baloc
Updated : 4 months ago IST
A rise in enforced disappearances and the recovery of bodies across Balochistan has alarmed families and rights groups. Several people, including students, women and activists, have gone missing in recent weeks, with locals accusing state-backed forces. Families are demanding answers as tens
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Balochistan assembly objects to sharp airfare disparities on Quetta routes
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Lawmakers in the Balochistan Assembly voiced deep frustration over what they called unprecedented and unfair spikes in airfares charged by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and private carriers on flights originating from Quetta.
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