Another Extrajudicial Killing in Balochistan: Body of 17-Year-Old Found

Quetta, March 4: The Pakistani military has reportedly killed another Baloch citizen in Balochistan. This incident highlights the rising trend of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances across the province. A prominent human rights organization disclosed this information on Wednesday.

The Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, known as ‘Pank,’ revealed that the body of 17-year-old Yahya Baloch was discovered on Tuesday in the Washabood area of Panjgur district. He had been missing for the past five months, with allegations of enforced disappearance against him.

Pank stated, “This is not an isolated case; it underscores the ongoing human rights crisis in Balochistan. Even during Ramadan, people are being forcibly disappeared and subjected to extrajudicial killings.”

The organization has urged the United Nations and international human rights bodies to take notice of these violations in Balochistan, conduct investigations, and hold the perpetrators accountable.

Earlier, Pank reported that at least nine civilians had been forcibly disappeared by the Pakistani military in Balochistan. They highlighted the case of 17-year-old student Shoaib Ahmed Kambrani, who was allegedly abducted by Pakistan’s Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) from his home in the Killi Kambrani area of provincial capital Quetta on Monday.

On the same day, a businessman named Rahim Bakhsh, aged 45, was reportedly taken by personnel from the Pakistan Frontier Corps (FC) from his residence in the Minaz area of Kech district.

The human rights organization detailed further atrocities against civilians, stating that the FC forcibly disappeared four more Baloch youths from their homes in Minaz on Monday. The victims were identified as 17-year-old Ali Ahmed, 19-year-old Yasir, 17-year-old Asif, and 18-year-old Abdul Rahman.

Pank also noted that two brothers, Zakariya and Rehan, were forcibly disappeared by the FC and CTD during a raid at their home in Turbat city on February 26. Additionally, 18-year-old student Saddam was allegedly abducted by the CTD from Brewery Road in Quetta on February 16.

Balochistan continues to struggle under the persistent oppression of the Pakistani military, where enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings of Baloch citizens are being recorded at unprecedented levels.

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