Dark clouds hang over Balochistan as major human rights bodies indict Pakistani forces for fueling death squad violence against civilians. The latest victims: Balach Baloch, slain January 8 in Panjgur’s Tasp while evading capture by military-backed gunmen, per Paank.
These squads serve as proxies for enforced vanishings and precision strikes on dissidents and relatives, breaching global standards, the Baloch National Movement affiliate asserted.
BVJ brought to light the gruesome death of boy Rahi Baloch, shot at his Hoshab shop in Kech on January 5. Death squads with Pakistan’s imprimatur are culpable, fitting a pattern of Baloch massacres.
Contextualizing amid child snatches—like Quetta’s 13-year-old Gohram—BVJ implicates security and affiliates.
HRCB’s 2025 ledger: 1,455 abductions. FC leads (889), intel (288), CTD (233), squads (41). Playbook: 985 raids, 372 arrests, 66 stops, 32 summons.
Chronic outrages—home assaults, illicit jailing, ‘kill-dump’ doctrine, public order pretexts, cooked-up charges—define the suppression of Baloch self-rule aspirations. Urgent international scrutiny is imperative.