Punjab Police have averted planned target killings in the state with the arrest of Harpreet Singh alias Happy Baba of village Aladinpur in Tarn Taran, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Friday.
Baloch Yakjahti Committee-Kech on Friday said that people in the Turbat area of Pakistan's Balochistan continue to hold sit-in for the recovery of their loved ones despite heavy rains and bitter cold.
As Pakistan sees a surge in terror attacks, at least 93 militant attacks took place in the country last month, killing 90 people and injuring 135 others, as reported by The News International.
On Thursday, a car fell into the Sutlej river at a place called Maholi on Luhri Sunni road under Kumarsain police station in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla district, killing three people.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres received a written statement submitted by the Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC), highlighting the increasing cases of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Balochistan in recent years.
Baloch activists have demanded that the United Nations and Human Rights organisations take action and hold the authorities accountable for the crimes committed in Balochistan.
The Pakistani forces conducted a raid in Zafar Colony and forcibly disappeared GTA District President and Jamhoori Watan Party activist Master Ghaus Bakhsh, son of Miran Bakhsh Bugti.
Abductions and extrajudicial killings by the hands of the Pakistan Army and Inter-Services Intelligence have been a long-standing issue for the people of Balochistan.