QUETTA: The Baloch Yakjehti Committee has accused Pakistani security forces of the extrajudicial murder of yet another Baloch student, intensifying calls for global intervention in the troubled province of Balochistan. Imran Taj, a 26-year-old university student from Turbat, was found dead with his body mutilated last Friday, nine months after his alleged abduction by ISI and Frontier Corps operatives.
Taj was last seen on June 27 heading home from Turbat University when he was snatched off the street, according to BYC reports. The group’s statement painted a picture of collective trauma: ‘This heartbreaking event has devastated his family and shaken the Baloch community to its core.’ They lambasted the surge in forced disappearances and targeted violence, urging the UN and global watchdogs to safeguard Baloch lives.
‘Baloch people have every right to life, safety, and justice. No family should endure fear and mourning while perpetrators evade punishment,’ BYC declared, framing their activism as a defense of human dignity rather than enmity.
In a related development, the Balochistan Human Rights Council voiced alarm over a massacre in Kech’s Minaj locality on February 25. Gunmen fired mortars at a residence, followed by indiscriminate shooting that claimed six lives, including women and children, and wounded three more. The attackers fled after setting three vehicles ablaze.
Labeling it a blatant breach of international norms, HRCP insisted that such barbarity cannot be excused by any agenda. The string of atrocities has spotlighted Balochistan’s human rights crisis, with activists demanding transparency and justice amid rising tensions between locals and the Pakistani state.
As these reports emerge, questions swirl about the government’s role and the effectiveness of its counter-insurgency tactics. The world watches closely as Baloch voices grow louder against systemic abuses.