Tags : Balochistan

Balochistan: No End to Abductions and Custodial Killings

QUETTA: On Monday, May 27, 2024, Pakistani forces detained two individuals from Turbat’s Koh-e-Murad area in the Kech district. The detainees include Faisal Sawali, an employee of ATF, and Rafeeq Sawali, who were reportedly beaten and arrested by the forces. Additionally, the officials confiscated the mobile phones of everyone in the house. In a separate […]Read More

Reko Diq Management Discriminates Against Locals: Youth Press Conference

QUETTA: Unemployed youths from Chaghai, including Agha Waseem Shah, Niamat Baloch, Comrade Qadir Baloch, Arsalan Hameed, Tariq Shah, Kaleemullah Abdul Wahab, Shafqat Naz, Asadullah Hosni, Arif Baloch, Muawiya Baloch, Tahir Baloch, Abdul Malik, Abdullah, and Zia-ul-Rahman, held a press conference at the Dalbandin Press Club. They claimed that Chagai, a gold-producing region with major projects […]Read More

BLA Targets Pakistani Forces in Ziarat: Two Killed

QUETTA: Baloch fighters targeted a convoy of Pakistani forces in Ziarat with a remote-controlled bomb attack on Sunday. The attack occurred in the Zadi Baba area of Ziarat, where the attackers targeted a convoy of Pakistani security forces. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed responsibility for the attack. BLA spokesperson Azad Baloch informed media […]Read More

Free Balochistan Movement Protest in Germany

BERLIN: The Free Balochistan Movement (German Branch) held a protest in Dortmund, Germany, on Saturday, May 25. The protest aimed to highlight the impact of Pakistan’s nuclear tests in Balochistan on May 28, 1998, and to inform the world about the dangers of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons. The protesters distributed pamphlets in German and chanted slogans […]Read More

Pakistani Forces Abduct Four Baloch Youths from Gwadar

QUETTA: On May 22, 2024, Pakistani forces abducted four Baloch youths from district Gwadar in Balochistan. Family members of Muhammad Waheed son of Ali Muhammad and Nusrat son of Abdul Rehman, informed media sources and human rights groups that Pakistani army personnel abducted the two youths from a diesel depot in the Gatti Door area […]Read More

Dr. Mahrang Baloch Highlights Enforced Disappearances in Balochistan

OSLO: Dr. Mahrang Baloch, leader of the Baloch Solidarity Committee (Baloch Yakjehti Committee), participated in an international seminar jointly organised by PEN Norway, World Expression Forum, and Utøya Island to support young activists opposing the oppressive states. Expressing her views on the first day of the three-day conference, Dr. Mahrang Baloch said that Pakistani security […]Read More

Fencing Gwadar and International Inaction

By Shahdad Baloch Frustrated and psychologically exhausted, Pakistan finds itself in conflicting positions against the Baloch national liberation movement. On one hand, it claims to have suppressed the freedom struggle in Balochistan, while on the other, it fences Gwadar. This act raises questions: why erect barriers if there is no insurgency? By fencing Gwadar, Pakistan […]Read More

Partnership with Iran and Pakistan Will Be Considered Complicity in

LONDON: The head of the Free Balochistan Movement and Baloch national leader, Hyrbyair Marri, stated to the media that not only has Iran enslaved the Baloch people, but it is also carrying out a genocide in Iranian Occupied Balochistan (IOB) with continued intensity. Baloch national survival and identity are at stake due to Iran’s actions. […]Read More

BLA Accepts Responsibility for Two Attacks in Kalat

QUETTA: The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed responsibility for two separate attacks in Kalat, Balochistan on 17 and 19 May respectively. In a statement issued by Azad Baloch, the spokesperson for the BLA, the group targeted a construction company and an undercover agent of the Pakistani intelligence agency, ISI. On May 19, Baloch fighters […]Read More