Balochistan, Pakistan – July 28, 2025 – Paank, the human rights department of the Baloch National Movement (BNM), has released a chilling report for June 2025, detailing an alarming surge in human rights violations across Balochistan. The report paints a grim picture of state repression, characterized by arbitrary detentions, enforced disappearances, and extrajudicial killings allegedly carried out by Pakistani forces.
According to the Paank report, a total of 84 cases of enforced disappearances were reported in June 2025. These incidents spanned 14 districts of Balochistan, with some cases also reported from Karachi and Islamabad. The districts of Kech and Mastung recorded the highest number of disappearances. The report states that many of these individuals were held without any legal process, and while 32 were later released, they endured both mental and physical torture during their detention.
Paank emphasized that the Baloch community is subjected to pervasive harassment, illegal raids, and disappearances, fostering a deep-seated sense of fear and injustice.
The report highlighted several egregious examples of extrajudicial killings. Zeeshan Baloch, a 21-year-old student, was abducted and killed by a state-backed death squad while campaigning for the safe recovery of his disappeared father, Zaheer Baloch. Similarly, Kamran Jattak, a prominent tribal figure, was shot dead after vocally condemning the abduction of Asma Jattak by such groups in Khuzdar. “Both paid with their lives for demanding justice,” the report stated.
“The repeated use of enforced disappearances followed by extrajudicial killings has become a hallmark of state policy in Balochistan,” the BNM’s human rights department underscored. Victims are often taken without any legal process, only to be found dead later with signs of torture, their mutilated bodies frequently dumped in remote areas.
Paank condemned the silence of national institutions and the severe lack of judicial oversight, highlighting how this crisis has spiraled, leaving families with a double trauma: first the disappearance of their loved ones, and then the horrific discovery of their mutilated remains.
The report concluded with a fervent call for international attention, asserting that the “ongoing pattern reflects a deep human rights emergency” that demands urgent global intervention.
Human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, have consistently raised concerns over enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Balochistan, urging the Pakistani government to address these abuses, prosecute those responsible, and provide redress for victims and their families. UN human rights experts have also expressed serious concern over the “unrelenting use of enforced disappearances” in Balochistan and called for independent investigations and accountability.