Human rights watchdogs have unveiled harrowing details of death squad rampages in Balochistan, accusing Pakistan’s army of orchestrating extrajudicial murders. Paank reported the cold-blooded killing of Balach Baloch on January 8 in Panjgur’s Tasp region, where he was shot while fleeing armed men purportedly shielded by Pakistani authorities.
This brazen act exemplifies a calculated strategy: security outfits enlist militants for disappearances and hits on activists and kin, defying international conventions, Paank warned.
In another tragedy, BVJ exposed the execution-style slaying of minor Rahi Baloch on January 5 outside his Kech shop in Hoshab. State-endorsed squads are fingered, with the crime slotted into a genocide narrative against Baloch populace.
BVJ highlighted parallels with child abductions, like 13-year-old Gohram’s from Quetta, pinning blame on officialdom and its arms.
HRCB’s latest audit tallies 1,455 enforced vanishings in 2025. Breakdown: FC (889), intel agencies (288), CTD (233), death squads (41). Modus operandi includes 985 house raids, 372 custody snatches, 66 checkpoint seizures, 32 camp drags.
The litany of state terror—brutal sweeps, warrantless holds, disposal killings, ordinance abuses, false dossiers—fuels Baloch resistance for autonomy. These exposés demand global intervention amid escalating brutality.