Leading Baloch human rights organisation, Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), extended its support for the Baloch Long March to the Balochistan National Party (BNP), which has been prominently raising the issue and leading the cause of state-crackdown on Baloch people.
KP remained the worst-affected province, followed by Balochistan. In KP's settled districts, militants carried out 27 attacks, resulting in 19 fatalities, including 11 security personnel, six civilians, and two militants.
Beebow Baloch has been held in Hudda Jail for the past two weeks, alongside BYC organizer Mahrang Baloch, under the custody of Pakistani authorities. Earlier today, Sabiha Baloch's father was also taken into custody, BYC cited.
During the operation, Zahoor Baloch, son of Huzoor Bakhsh, and Shah Nawaz Baloch, son of Jalal Baloch, were abducted by security forces. Tragically, their bodies were later found dumped, showing signs of severe torture, BYC highlighted.
The Balochistan Post reported that a delegation led by the Deputy Commissioner of Quetta visited Baloch at Hudda District Jail earlier in the day. According to her sister, Nadia Baloch, the officials proposed her release in exchange for her agreement to limit her political activities.
A two-member bench comprising acting Chief Justice Muhammad Ejaz Swati, and Justice Muhammad Aamir Nawaz Rana, heard the petition, filed by Advocate Nusrat Hassan Afghani, as per ARY News.
The young man named Qadeer, son of Noor Hassan Bugti, was taken into custody by military personnel on Friday morning and subsequently moved to an undisclosed location. His current whereabouts remain unknown.
BYC further highlighted that the Malik Baloch family has been relentlessly seeking justice, participating in every sit-in and rally advocating for the forcibly disappeared Baloch individuals.
The meeting, presided over by a political activist from PoJK, Amjad Ayub Mirza, was marked by a call for military personnel from PoJK and Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan to refuse to participate in Pakistan's military operations against the Baloch independence movement.
The Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) has scheduled a march in Quetta on April 6 to advocate for the release of Mahrang Baloch and other leaders from the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), as reported by The Balochistan Post (TBP).
These protests will highlight the concerning increase in enforced disappearances, arbitrary detentions of Baloch political activists, and false allegations used to suppress dissent, the post noted.
He used a striking metaphor, stating, "Just as rubber can only stretch so far before it breaks, the situation in Balochistan has reached a critical juncture."