Paank categorically denounces the Balochistan Assembly's passage of the Anti-Terrorism (Balochistan Amendment) Bill 2025, which exacerbates the region's human rights crisis.
Paank, the human rights wing of the Baloch National Movement (BNM), has strongly condemned the continued practice of enforced disappearances carried out by Pakistani security forces in Balochistan, citing a sharp rise in illegal detentions under the cover of controversial legislation.
Protests broke out in Nushki over the alleged enforced disappearance of writer and political activist Abdul Ghani Baloch. The National Democratic Party condemned the incident as a violation of constitutional rights and has filed legal petitions for his recovery.
Paank condemned the extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances in Balochistan, urging Pakistan to stop these human rights abuses and deliver justice to victims' families. International groups have also called for investigations into these ongoing violations causing great suffering.
A wide range of people, including women, students, senior citizens, and representatives of civil society organisations, participated in the protest, which was staged on Basima's main square.
Paank, the human rights wing of the Baloch National Movement, condemned the abduction of at least seven people by Pakistani forces in Balochistan on June 1. The group urged global bodies to act, calling the disappearances part of ongoing state-led oppression and rights abuses in the region.
The Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) demanded the release of Mahjabeen Baloch, her brother, and others forcibly disappeared in Balochistan. They warned of rising abductions of women and called enforced disappearances a serious human rights crisis, urging global intervention for invest
On May 28, security forces raided a mobile phone shop in Chitkan Bazaar, Panjgur. During the operation, five individuals, including prominent local businessman Wahab Baloch, were detained and taken to an undisclosed location.
The Baloch Women Forum (BWF) has vehemently denounced the reported enforced disappearance of Mahjabeen Baloch, a 24-year-old student from Basima, who was allegedly taken by security forces from Civil Hospital Quetta on Wednesday, as per a report by The Balochistan Post (TBP).
Naseem Baloch, the head of the Baloch National Movement, denounced the forced disappearance of Mahjabeen in Balochistan, highlighting the ongoing injustices occurring in the region.