Balochistan: Pank expresses concern over increasing human rights violations

The Human Rights Department of the Baloch National Movement, PANK, has expressed urgent concern over the extrajudicial killings and deteriorating human rights situation in Balochistan.

In a post on Is included. Mass detentions took place in both Balochistan and Karachi.

Recently, Pank raised serious concerns after the kidnapping of six Baloch civilians by Pakistani security forces in the last three days. According to a post on the social media platform

The group is calling on Pakistani authorities to immediately release detained individuals and end the practice of enforced disappearances.

Pank also identified six persons who have reportedly been abducted by Pakistani forces in different areas of Balochistan. The group stressed the urgency of addressing these abductions and ending the widespread pattern of enforced disappearances in the region.

Human rights violations in Balochistan have been a significant and ongoing issue for decades. In Pakistan’s Baluchistan province, the ethnic Baluch people have long faced systematic discrimination, marginalization and denial of political autonomy. The Pakistani state has been accused of forcibly suppressing Baloch nationalist movements, with reports of extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, and torture of activists, journalists, and civilians.

The Pakistani military, intelligence agencies and paramilitary forces have been implicated in these abuses, with Baloch insurgents and pro-independence groups often targeted in the name of counter-insurgency.

In addition to violence, the people of Balochistan face widespread economic underdevelopment despite the region’s rich natural resources, including oil, gas and minerals. This economic inequality, coupled with limited access to education, health care and infrastructure, fuels discontent among the Baloch population.