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Baloch families protest in Islamabad for 8th day, demand recovery of missi
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Despite continuous rain and deteriorating weather conditions, the protesters, who include women, children, and the elderly, persist in their nonviolent demonstration. However, authorities have not yet allowed them to establish a proper protest camp in front of the National Press Club, leavin
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212 honour killings in Balochistan since 2019: Aurat Foundation report cal
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A recent report by Aurat Foundation indicates that from 2019 to 2024, there have been at least 212 documented cases of honour killings in Balochistan, raising significant alarm over gender-based violence and the inadequacies of the justice system in that area, as reported by The Balochistan
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Paank report exposes state crackdown on Baloch families during peaceful pr
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The protest was led by Dr. Mahrang Baloch, Shah Ji, Bebagar Baloch, Bebow Baloch, Gulzadi Baloch, and Mahjabeen Baloch, sister of missing student Hafeez Baloch, who arrived in Islamabad to demand justice and the safe return of their missing loved ones. Many protesters carried photographs of
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Baloch families enter 7th day of Islamabad sit-in, demand release of BYC l
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"Today marks the seventh consecutive day of the Islamabad sit-in by Baloch families demanding the release of Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leaders and an end to enforced disappearances in Balochistan," stated the post on X.
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BSAC exposes alarming education crisis in Balochistan: Over 70% of schools
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
BSAC representatives stated that over 70% of schools throughout Balochistan are entirely non-operational, with literacy rates falling below 40%. The information was shared during an informative briefing event held at the Quetta Press Club.
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Paank condemns continued extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearance
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Paank expresses solidarity with Mazar Baloch's family and all those affected by state violence, urging for an end to impunity and the safeguarding of human rights in Balochistan.
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Paank condemns killing, abduction of Baloch children, urges accountability
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
According to the post shared by Paank on X, "Qamber, an innocent child and agricultural labourer working at a tube well, was fatally shot in the chest by an FC patrol team while heading to plant onions in his fields. This tragic incident, which has left the entire family in mourning, undersc
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Baloch families brave rain, harassment in Islamabad as protest for missing
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The demonstration by relatives of missing Baloch individuals and families of detained leaders from the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) marked its sixth consecutive day on Monday, as reported by The Balochistan Post (TBP).
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Balochistan transporters reject govt's security measures, call them unfeas
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The All Balochistan Transporters Alliance has firmly dismissed the government's suggested security measures for passenger buses and commercial vehicles, labelling them as "unfeasible, ineffectual, and an effort to transfer the responsibility for security shortcomings onto transporters," as r
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Pakistan: Police reportedly block Baloch protesters in Islamabad as sit-in
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Police in Islamabad on Sunday blocked Baloch protesters from reaching the National Press Club, as a sit-in led by the families of forcibly disappeared persons and leaders of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) entered its fifth consecutive day, The Balochistan Post reported.
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'Clear violation of human rights, international law': Paank decries ongoin
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Paank, the Baloch National Movement's human rights wing, expressed concern over the ongoing wave of enforced disappearances taking place across Balochistan and Sindh. It gave a call for the immediate release of all the disappeared persons.
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Pakistan: Baloch Human rights group gives call to hold perpetrators of hon
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Leading Baloch human rights group, Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has raised its voice over the horrific honour killing of Bano Baloch and her husband, Ehsan, and brought to light several other incidents of human rights violations which aim at distorting Baloch culture.
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