balochistan

Quetta, February 28 – The killing of 27 Baloch people forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces earlier this month during the second phase of 'Operation Herof' is not an isolated incident, but part of a broader pattern that has persisted for more than a decade in Balochistan, according to a...

Quetta, February 27 – A leading human rights organization on Friday highlighted the escalating abuses by Pakistani forces across Balochistan, documenting 107 enforced disappearances and 78 extrajudicial killings throughout January.In its latest report, the Human Rights Council of Balochistan...

London, February 27 – Baloch independence leader Hyrbyair Marri condemned Pakistan's recent attacks on Afghanistan on Friday, criticizing Islamabad for questioning Afghanistan's retaliatory actions.He highlighted historical grievances, including alleged extrajudicial killings of Baloch and...

Peshawar/Islamabad, February 26 At least 20 security personnel were killed in various terrorist attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, during the first week of the holy month of Ramadan. In addition, security forces killed 18 rebels in two days in Balochistan, the army said on Thursday...

Quetta, February 26 – Another two civilians were extrajudicially killed by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, a leading human rights organization said on Thursday.The latest incidents come against the backdrop of a growing wave of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances across the...

Quetta, February 26 – More than 20 Baloch civilians, including women and minors, were killed and several others injured as a result of direct firing by Pakistani security forces in the districts of Nushki and Kharan in Balochistan, a leading human rights organization said on Thursday.The human...

Islamabad, February 25 At least 34 terrorists have been killed by Pakistani security forces as part of ongoing counter-terrorism operations, the army said on Wednesday.The security forces killed 26 terrorists in four separate operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the northwest and another eight...

Quetta, February 25 – As violence against civilians intensifies across Balochistan, a leading human rights organization revealed on Wednesday the extrajudicial killings of two civilians and the enforced disappearance of five others across the province, allegedly at the hands of Pakistani forces...

Islamabad, February 24 – The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis, covering 45 vulnerable rural districts in Pakistan, has revealed that 7.5 million people – 21 per cent of the population assessed – face crisis or worse levels of acute food insecurity from December...

Quetta, February 24 – At least five civilians were forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, human rights organizations said on Tuesday.These latest incidents come against the backdrop of a growing wave of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings across the province...

Quetta, February 24 – The Human Rights body, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), has called for justice, accountability, and resistance to mark the one-year anniversary of the "forced detention" of its chief organizer, Mahrang Baloch, and other leaders.The BYC launched a global, month-long...

Quetta, February 24 – The Baloch National Movement (BNM) strongly condemned Pakistan’s attacks on Afghanistan, calling them a direct assault on the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and freedom of the Afghan nation, deliberately targeting unarmed civilians.The remarks followed Afghanistan’s...

Quetta, February 23 – A major water crisis unfolding in Balochistan, Pakistan, along with a demographic explosion, threatens to overwhelm the province's fragile ecology, a report has highlighted."Every morning in Quetta, before the sun clears the jagged peaks of the Sulaiman Mountains, a...

Karachi, February 23 Five terrorists, including a suicide bomber, were killed during a security operation based on intelligence gathered by Pakistani forces in the Balochistan province, the military's media wing said on Monday.In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the...

New Delhi, February 23 – While the Pakistani government claims that the country's economy has been revived from the brink and is now stable, the harsh reality is that poverty has reached an 11-year high of 29 percent, and income inequality is at levels not seen in nearly three decades, according...

Quetta, February 23 – As violence against civilians continues to escalate in Balochistan, a leading human rights organization on Monday brought to light two separate incidents: the extrajudicial killings of two civilians and the enforced disappearance of another two across the province...

Washington, February 22 – The recent attacks by Baloch armed groups against Pakistan's security forces highlight the shortcomings of Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir's coercive state policy amid the near-total suppression of dissent in Balochistan, according to a report released on Sunday...

Quetta, February 22 – The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), a human rights body, has strongly condemned the alarming surge in extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, and staged "fake encounters" across Balochistan during February.In its latest report, the BYC confirmed that 19...

Quetta, February 22 – At least eleven members of the same family were forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, amid a growing wave of enforced disappearances across the province, a leading human rights organization said on Sunday.Condemning the incidents, the Human Rights...

Quetta, February 21 – Amma Hoori, who waited years for her missing son’s return and passed away carrying that grief on February 16, represents hundreds of mothers in Balochistan who have suffered the consequences of Pakistani policies and collective punishment.The pain endured by mothers like...