Several incidents of violence marred the pre-election atmosphere in Balochistan and Karachi as multiple hand grenade attacks and explosions targeted political entities and election-related offices.
Despite huge protests by people against torture and atrocities, the provincial administration in Pakistan has refused to hand over the bodies of 14 people to their families, the Balochistan Post reported.
Baloch activist Mahrang Baloch urged all human rights organisations, including the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, to address the issue of enforced disappearances in Balochistan.
Stating that Pakistan has never given rights to the Baloch people, Hakeem Baloch, a Baloch National Movement (BNM) activist said that it is 'high time' for the world to raise its voice against the atrocities being committed against the people in Balochistan.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will hold a crucial meeting today (Thursday) to hold discussions on the worsening state of law and order in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan, as reported by Geo News.
It reported that the Pakistani forces detained a Baloch student named Mehboob from a passenger bus at the Badok checkpoint in Pasni tehsil of Gwadar. Mehboob Baloch hails from the Turbat area of Kech and is a fifth-semester BBA student at Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water & Marine
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.
The SHO said the injured persons have been identified as Ghulam Mohiuddin and Abdul Aziz Shami and that they were initially shifted to the DHQ Hospital in the area for medical treatment.
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.
Taking to X, Mehrang Baloch said, "Aslam, Hammal and Bahadur chakar are Baloch students, who have been abducted from hoshap and Tajaban, their family members have blocked the CPEC route."