Two Baloch men have become the latest victims in Balochistan’s grim cycle of alleged extrajudicial killings by Pakistani security apparatus, as reported by a key human rights watchdog on Thursday. The province has witnessed a sharp uptick in such violations, including abductions and hits, fueling widespread anger.
Balach Khalid, Turbat resident in Kech, met his end Wednesday when motorcycle-riding gunmen—purportedly from a state-tolerated ‘death squad’—sprayed him with bullets and vanished. Paank from BNM notes Khalid’s prior ordeals: snatched October 25, 2023, released November 15; re-kidnapped, CTD custody, freed; and two dodged death attempts by identical assailants.
On February 3, in Nushki’s Kili Kazi Abad, 60-year-old Babu Atta Mohammad Badini fell to army bullets in a direct confrontation, exemplifying what Paank calls a ‘persistent pattern’ of lethal civilian targeting.
Compounding the horror, teenage student Hassanan Baloch, 15, was whisked away by soldiers from Quetta’s Kili Asghar Abad that day. The BNM’s ‘A Year of Repression: Balochistan 2025’ report chronicles a year of terror: 1,355 forced vanishings, 225 lawless killings, civilian bombings, protest crackdowns via administrative tricks, and media suppressions on families.
This wave of repression highlights Balochistan’s plight, where natural resources flow out while locals endure silence and suffering. Calls grow for global intervention to halt the bloodshed.