Extrajudicial Killing Shocks Balochistan: Rights Groups Demand Justice

The shadows of impunity lengthen over Balochistan as reports emerge of a gruesome extrajudicial killing and fresh enforced disappearances by Pakistan’s security apparatus. A leading rights organization revealed Wednesday that 19-year-old Behran Uddin was murdered after six months in unlawful custody, his tortured body abandoned in Turbat.

Paank’s investigation traces Behran’s ordeal to October 28, 2025, when ‘death squads’ backed by military intelligence raided his home in Kech district. Despite family pleas and public outcry, no charges were filed, no court appearance granted – only a violent end.

‘The pain of uncertainty crushed his loved ones,’ Paank noted, decrying the blatant disregard for human rights. This case epitomizes a rising tide of encounter killings and abductions across the province, eroding faith in state institutions.

Adding to the toll, security forces have forcibly vanished two more individuals recently, continuing a pattern that implicates everyday Baloch in a web of suspicion and terror.

Tensions spiked further when the Balochistan Human Rights Council refuted Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti’s May 11 claims of a suicide plot by a minor Baloch girl. Identified as abducted student Hairnisa Wahid, 17, she was taken from Hub Chowki on December 20.

Her coerced media debut after months of silence – the third for a female abductee – screams of scripted propaganda. Rights defenders highlight how such tactics rely on duress, undermining genuine counter-terrorism while amplifying grievances.

From the streets of Quetta to global forums, Baloch voices unite in condemnation. Swift reforms, transparent investigations, and an end to secret detentions are non-negotiable for peace. Failure invites deeper conflict in this volatile frontier.