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 endless strife.
Ganj Bakhsh’s tortured corpse was returned to his kin after three months in captivity, confirming brutal interrogation and execution by army personnel following his forcible disappearance from a Gardai Kolowa checkpoint last December 27.
Compounding the tragedy, Baloch Yakjehti Committee detailed the dawn ambush on March 4 in Kharan, where death squads gunned down Dilawar Khan instantly and left associate Bilal Ahmad fighting for life. Such precision strikes terrorize educators and ordinary residents alike.
BYC demanded UN-led probes and prosecutions, while recalling the recent assassination of cultural icon Talib Nazir, a Balochi singer from Kech’s Minaz, murdered in his home on March 1 for championing his heritage through song.
State proxies are systematically eliminating voices of expression, from artists to activists, creating a reign of fear. ‘Gunning down singers in their own language exposes the regime’s war on Baloch identity,’ BYC warned.
As disappearances morph into confirmed murders, the international community faces a moral imperative: intervene now or witness Balochistan drown further in blood.