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 that Balach Baloch, a young resident of Tasp in Panjgur, was fatally shot on January 8 after resisting capture by armed assailants linked to state-supported squads, as per Paank from the Baloch National Movement.
Paank’s report details how these groups, operating under security forces’ patronage, target dissenters through abductions and summary executions—a systemic violation of global human rights norms. The pattern extends to families of activists, fostering an atmosphere of pervasive fear.
Equally shocking, Baloch Voice for Justice documented the January 5 shooting of teenage shopkeeper Rahi Baloch in Kech’s Hoshab. Blaming Pakistan-backed death squads, BVJ frames this as emblematic of a broader extermination campaign against Baloch communities.
The organization linked it to surging cases of juvenile disappearances, including 13-year-old Gohram Baloch’s vanishing in Quetta. State forces and proxies stand accused repeatedly.
HRCB’s 2025 dossier logs 1,455 disappearances: Frontier Corps dominates with 889, followed by intelligence (288), CTD (233), and death squads (41). Operational methods reveal ruthless efficiency—home invasions in 985 instances, street grabs (372), checkpoints (66), and camp coercions (32).
Years of documented abuses—raids, detentions without trial, ‘kill and dump’ operations, and sham legal maneuvers—underscore Balochistan’s fight against Islamabad’s iron fist. As calls for justice grow, the international community watches a humanitarian catastrophe unfold.
