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Pakistan: University reportedly targets Hindu students for celebrating Hol
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Dawood University of Engineering and Technology in Karachi has come under scrutiny after issuing a show-cause notice to students who celebrated the Hindu festival of Holi on campus. The incident has sparked widespread controversy, with reports stating that FIRs have been registered against s
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Paank condemns enforced disappearances of 8 people in Balochistan
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The human rights department of the Baloch National Movement, Paank, has strongly condemned the enforced disappearance of eight individuals in the cities of Baghao and Barkahan in Balochistan, reportedly by Pakistani forces, on February 19, 2025. In a statement on X, Paank said that these
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Baloch human rights body decries violence against Baloch youth
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Leading Baloch human rights body, Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) expressed anguish over the cycle of violence taking place against Baloch youth.
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BYC sounds alarm on rising extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearan
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The leading Baloch human rights organization, Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), has recently brought attention to the alarming rise in extrajudicial and targeted killings, while enforced disappearances persist without interruption.
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Pakistan: Balochistan records uptick in forcible disappearances, violence
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Leading Pakistan human rights body, Paank said that four individuals were forcibly disappeared at the hands of Pakistani forces in Balochistan on Monday.
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Pakistan: Balochistan sees surge in extrajudicial killings, torture, mutil
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Leading Baloch human rights body, Baloch Yakjehti Committee highlighted on Wednesday, the rise in the cases of extrajudicial killings, torture, and mutilation of Baloch people.
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Pakistan: Balochistan sees rise in forcible abductions, detentions, disapp
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Leading Baloch human rights body, Baloch Yakjehti Committee shared on Monday that Balochistan continues to reel under rising cases of forcible abductions, detentions and disappearances under the pretext of security.
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Pakistan: Baloch activist laments "targeted killings" of Baloch intellectu
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Baloch activist Mahrang Baloch strongly criticised the "targeted killings" of Baloch intellectuals, and said it is a telling form of "Baloch genocide".
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Pakistan: Rights group list recent enforced disappearances as Balochistan
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
BYC, in a post on X, listed the recent disappearances and alleged that the families of victims were harassed at the hands of "security forces and state-sponsored death squads" and their family members were threatened and their phones were also taken away.
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Pakistan: BYC condemns actions of 'state-sponsored militias' against Baloc
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Leading Baloch human rights body, Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) condemned the firing opened by 'state-sponsored militias' which resulted in the injury of an individual who eventually succumbed to death. BYC also highlighted the plight of villagers who are suffering at the hands of 'state s
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Quetta-Karachi highway blocked as protest erupts over enforced disappearan
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Mangochar residents in Balochistan's Kalat area have blocked traffic on the Quetta-Karachi National Highway by staging a sit-in. Long lines of cars have consequently developed on the roadway according to a report by The Balochistan Post (TBP).
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Pakistan: Explosion in Balochistan kills nine labourers, several injured
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
According to authorities, the explosion was caused by an improvised explosive device (IED) planted beside the road. The labourers were mostly from Swat and Shangla districts and were on their way to work when the blast occurred.
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