The Pakistan armed forces have reportedly abducted four individuals in Balochistan, including two men from Kharan's Kalan area and others from Gwadar and Hub Chowki. These latest enforced disappearances add to ongoing concerns in the region about the military's actions against civilians.
The human rights department of the Baloch National Movement (BNM), Paank, has voiced support for Bibi Ganjatoon who has been searching for her sons for 13 years after being forcibly disappeared by Pakistan's armed forces.
Pakistan security forces have detained two local youths and moved them to an unknown location after a military operation in the Dukki and Dasht areas of Kench district on Sunday.
Three more cases of enforced disappearances by the Pakistan armed forces have been reported in Balochistan's Mastung, Musa Khel, and Mand areas on Monday.
A huge forest fire broke out in the pine forest in the Dera Ismail Khan area of the Suleman Range in Pakistan on Tuesday night and spread to the neighbouring Sherani district of Balochistan, on Wednesday, as per Dawn.
The shutdown of coal mines in Balochistan's Dukki for 17 days due to security issues has disrupted the supply of coal to Pakistan cities, local media reported
Dawn noted that the students, namely, Ishfaq, Shahzad, Bebarg Ameer, Zubair, Qambar Ali and Saeedullah were "released by the police" in Uthal, Balochistan. However, Hanif and Shoaib are still missing, they added.
Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) on Friday welcomed Sammi Baloch on officially joining the rights group. Sammi Deen Baloch has been a leading activist against enforced disappearances for the last 15 years. She is a frontline defender and a global voice against the 'Baloch Genocide'.