“Pakistan’s forgotten genocide: If Gaza deserves attention, so does Balochistan”, First Post, December 31, 2025
“A monthly report compiled by the Human Rights Council of Balochistan mentions that this year alone there have been almost 1,300 enforced disappearances, carried out by Pakistan’s Frontier Corps and the army. It adds that, in addition, around 550 innocents have been killed in custodial deaths, extrajudicial executions, fake encounters and targeted attacks by state-backed death squads. The document covers names, dates, places and the nature of each incident.
The report also mentions that a systematic pattern of violence, including military action, communication blackouts, as well as crackdowns on activists and peaceful protesters, is ongoing. It paints a grim picture of repression of innocents. Pakistani courts have regularly asked the Frontier Corps to produce missing Baloch, but to no avail. Not one security personnel has ever been charged for atrocities committed.
A statement submitted to the UN General Assembly by ‘The International Humanitarian Society for Development Without Borders’ in April mentions, ‘Pakistan’s policies in Balochistan amount to crimes against humanity. Entire villages have been razed to the ground, families displaced, and thousands of Baloch citizens have been forcibly disappeared. Extrajudicial killings have become a daily reality, with bodies of victims routinely found in mass graves or dumped in remote areas. The Pakistani military, paramilitary forces and intelligence agencies operate with complete impunity, perpetuating a climate of fear and silence.’ Yet the world remains a mute spectator……”
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