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Pakistan: Balochistan bleeds as BYC report alleges state-led killings
Updated : 3 weeks ago IST
A new report released by the Baloch Yakjehti Committee has alleged a disturbing escalation in extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances and staged police encounters across Balochistan during February, raising fresh concerns about Pakistan's security policies in the province, as reporte
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Pakistan: Baloch youth reportedly vanish in security operations
Updated : 3 weeks, 1 day ago IST
A wave of alleged enforced disappearances involving Baloch youth has surfaced, with at least nineteen individuals reportedly taken into custody across Karachi, Quetta and Gwadar, according to families and activists, as reported by The Balochistan Post.
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Pakistan: Protest held over disputed police encounter in Karachi
Updated : 3 weeks, 2 days ago IST
Families of Baloch missing persons protested outside the Karachi Press Club, alleging a student, Hamdan Baloch, was killed in a staged police encounter after enforced disappearance. The family disputed CTD's claims and demanded the body's release. The Baloch Yakjehti Committee called for a c
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Pakistan accused of failing justice as Sindhi activist Hidayatullah Lohar
Updated : 3 weeks, 4 days ago IST
Marking two years since the killing of Sindhi activist Hidayatullah Lohar, members of the Sindhi diaspora gathered in London to honour his memory and renew demands for accountability, sharply criticising Pakistan's handling of the case.
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Pakistan: Rights groups alarmed as bodies of missing Baloch students recov
Updated : 3 weeks, 5 days ago IST
Three Baloch youths, including students who had earlier been reported detained or missing, have been found dead in separate incidents across the province. The Baloch Yakjehti Committee described the deaths as part of what it alleges is a persistent pattern of enforced disappearances followed
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Exiled Baloch leader Brahumdagh Bugti criticises Pakistan's punitive appro
Updated : 3 weeks, 6 days ago IST
Nawab Brahumdagh Bugti, BRP President, criticised Pakistan's reported bounties on exiled Baloch leaders, calling it an evasion of real issues like enforced disappearances, resource control, and basic rights in Balochistan. He urged dialogue over pressure to resolve the crisis.
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BLA announces seven-day deadline for Pakistan on prisoner exchange
Updated : 3 weeks, 6 days ago IST
According to BLA, those freed were identified as ethnic Baloch connected to local policing structures, including Levies personnel. The group said they were let go after warnings, arguing that the move reflected what it termed ground realities and the broader interests of the Baloch populatio
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Akhtar Mengal questions state strategy, warns of deepening crisis in Baloc
Updated : 3 weeks, 6 days ago IST
Mengal said repeated attempts to subdue dissent through military operations, arrests and enforced disappearances had only deepened the divide between the federation and Baloch citizens. Quoting revolutionary poet Habib Jalib, he remarked that Balochistan was not simply "burning" but had alre
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Families in agony as Pakistan linked to fresh Baloch abductions
Updated : 3 weeks, 6 days ago IST
A new wave of alleged enforced disappearances has again put Pakistan's security apparatus under scrutiny, with at least seven individuals said to have gone missing in incidents connected to Panjgur and Karachi. A student is among those unaccounted for, heightening anxiety among families al
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Pakistani forces accused of sweeping raids, families claim disappearances
Updated : 4 weeks ago IST
New allegations of enforced disappearances have surfaced from different districts of Balochistan after security forces carried out a series of raids, families stated according to a report by the Balochistan Post.
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Renewed disappearance claims deepen scrutiny of Pakistan
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Reports of four more alleged enforced disappearances in Karachi and across Balochistan have intensified criticism of Pakistan's security apparatus, with families accusing authorities of detaining men without acknowledgement and refusing to disclose their fate, as reported by The Balochistan
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Baloch leaders in Lahore demand end to enforced disappearances, slam secur
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Speakers at a rights gathering in Lahore raised allegations of repression in Balochistan, highlighting disappearances and shrinking civic space. Baloch leaders called for dialogue over coercion. The event ended in uproar over remarks linked to enforced disappearances, with activists walking
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