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International human rights watchdog Amnesty International has renewed pressure on Pakistan after another prominent member of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement went missing. Faridullah Afridi was...
Rights activists and student bodies across Pakistan have raised alarm over a series of enforced disappearances targeting the Baloch community. The latest wave of protests centers on claims that...
In Balochistan, Pakistan's turbulent southwestern province, reports of state-sponsored atrocities are mounting. A leading rights organization revealed on Thursday the alleged extrajudicial murder of...
QUETTA – A prominent human rights group has exposed harrowing details of state-sponsored violence in Balochistan, where Pakistani security forces allegedly tortured and killed a 19-year-old civilian...
Quetta's streets echo with the anguish of Baloch families as the Baloch Women Forum escalates its fight against Pakistan's army for the forced vanishings of women activists and ordinary citizens. In...
In a move that has ignited outrage across activist circles, Pakistani police arrested Baloch Yakjehti Committee member Fouzia Baloch on Saturday, prompting fierce condemnation from leading human...
In a chilling escalation of state repression, Pakistan's security forces have forcibly disappeared three more individuals in Balochistan, including two women, as reported by leading rights monitors...
In a bold act of defiance, a Baloch family blocked the strategic China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) highway in Kech district's Sahaki Balgatar on Monday, protesting the enforced disappearance of...
In Balochistan, Pakistan's authority rests on brute force, not popular support, a new analysis reveals. What began as human rights abuses has exposed the fragility of Islamabad's control mechanisms....
Tensions escalate in Pakistan's restive Balochistan as the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) launches a scathing critique of the government's heavy-handed tactics against activists. During a...
Geneva's UN Human Rights Council became a platform for Baloch voices on March 20, as leaders from the Baloch National Movement detailed harrowing accounts of oppression under Pakistani rule. During...
Balochistan's streets are turning into killing fields as Pakistan's military escalates its iron-fisted control. Fresh reports from human rights watchdogs detail the execution-style murders of two...
In a chilling escalation of state repression, Pakistan's military has claimed three more lives in Balochistan, as reported by prominent rights organizations, fueling outrage over the province's...
Pakistan's restive Balochistan province witnessed yet another alleged extrajudicial execution as the mutilated body of 17-year-old Yahya Baloch surfaced in Panjgur's Washbood region. Missing since...
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...
In the shadowed valleys of Balochistan, the Pakistani army's reign of terror continues unabated. Two more innocent lives – Nasram Baloch and student Aweis Baloch – have been snuffed out in cold...
In a chilling escalation of tensions in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, rights organizations accuse security forces of abducting five individuals, sparking outrage among locals and activists...
In Pakistan's volatile Balochistan, the abduction and grisly murder of two farmers has ignited fierce condemnation from the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), a prominent rights watchdog. The...
The Asma Jahangir Conference in Lahore became a flashpoint for Balochistan's human rights nightmare, where Pakistani social organizations and activists voiced deep apprehension over military...
A leading voice from Balochistan's beleaguered human rights frontline has sounded the alarm bells for Norway ahead of a planned visit by high-profile Pakistani officials. Mir Yar Baloch, a renowned...
Pakistan's restive Balochistan province is reeling from fresh allegations of state-sponsored killings, with two civilians gunned down in separate operations by security forces. A leading rights...
The Baloch Liberation Army's (BLA) 'Operation Herof Phase 2.0' has sent shockwaves through Pakistan, with attacks on January 31 targeting 48 sites across 14 cities in Balochistan, from Quetta to...
In Berlin on January 30, a panel of analysts warned that Pakistan's 27th Constitutional Amendment threatens to dismantle judicial safeguards, amplifying executive dominance. This comes at a critical...
The shadows of fear lengthen in Balochistan as Pakistan's military apparatus claims three more innocent lives through enforced disappearance, according to a leading advocacy group. Reported on...
Allah Nazar Baloch, head of the militant Balochistan Liberation Front, unleashed a fierce critique against Balochistan's Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti, branding the province's new custody regulations...
Pakistan's restive Balochistan province is once again in the spotlight for alleged enforced disappearances, with seven new cases surfacing in recent days. Security forces' aggressive operations...
A powerful human rights campaign is set to grip the world on January 25 as the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) mobilizes communities everywhere for 'Baloch Genocide Remembrance Day.' From Quetta to...
QUETTA: A brazen daylight assassination has claimed the life of a schoolteacher in Balochistan's Sibi region, intensifying concerns over the safety of women in Pakistan's most volatile province. The...
In Balochistan's turbulent landscape, allegations of Pakistani military complicity in death squad atrocities have intensified, with two recent murders spotlighting the crisis. Rights groups revealed...
A leading voice in Balochistan's human rights struggle, Sammee Deen Baloch of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee, accuses Pakistan of waging war on Baloch identity itself, not just armed resistance....
Human rights reports indicate that Pakistani forces have allegedly killed two more Baloch civilians in Balochistan, continuing a grim pattern of violence. The latest fatalities are part of a broader...
A young woman, Nazia Shafi, has tragically died in Pakistan's Balochistan province following alleged abduction and severe torture by security forces. Local sources report that Nazia and her mother...