June 9: Shaheed Aslam Jan Gichki

June 8: Solidarity with Baloch Missing Persons

Pak Army abducts Baloch poet from Balochistan

In the middle of the long-prevailing enforced disappearance in Balochistan by the Pakistan Army, another young Baloch named Sakhi Bakhsh Baloch has been abducted from Turbat.

Sakhi Baloch, also known as Sakhi Sawar, hails from the Nal Grisha Siraj area of Khuzdar district in Balochistan. He relocated to Turbat with his family in search of better work opportunities. Sakhi, a Balochi language teacher, and poet, was known to teach various students through online platforms before his disappearance.

14 Years Ago Pak Regime Abducted Zakir Majeed Baloch & He’s Still ‘Missing’

By Vivek Sinha

It’s been fourteen years since Baloch student leader Zakir Majeed Baloch was forcibly kidnapped and ‘disappeared’ by the Pakistani security forces. His crime? Well, Zakir Majeed Baloch was well-read and had a thinking mind, which is a big crime in Pakistan-occupied Balochistan (POB). Any Baloch who talks about his rights is conveniently picked up by the Pakistani security forces or their proxies, who then join the long list of ‘missing persons’.

Baloch student leader and former vice chairman of Baloch Student’s Organisation-Azad (BSO-Azad) Zakir Majeed Baloch was born in Khuzdar’s Gazgi village on April 22, 1983. His father’s name is Abdul Majeed Baloch. Zakir Majeed Baloch’s sister Farzana Majeed and his old mother have been struggling for his safe recovery for the last twelve years.

Mother Of Zakir Majeed Baloch Appeals For Protest On June 8

Zakir Majeed Baloch’s mother has said that her son was forcibly abducted on June 8, 2009, by Pakistani law enforcement agencies, and is still missing.

She said an upcoming seminar will be held in Quetta on June 8 while a one-day protest camp organized by his family members in front of the Karachi Press Club, for which all schools of thought, including students, are invited.

Pakistan’s dreaded ‘enforced disappearances’ expand from Balochistan to Punjab

By Rahul Kumar

Pakistan’s infamous human rights abuse of “enforced disappearances” in conflict-torn Balochistan is also mainstreaming in Punjab province as numerous paramilitary organizations and forces embark on a kidnapping rampage.

In just a few months after the Baloch community protested the State-sponsored kidnapping of Mahal Baloch and the horrors committed against other Baloch women, Pakistani agencies are now using the same tactics against residents of Punjab, the country’s most prosperous and influential area.

A tragedy within the tragedy

The adverse consequences of frequent natural disasters compounded by the wilful neglect and deliberate relief obstruction the Pakistani authorities in Balochistan create, and we see the crudest enactment of ‘a tragedy within the tragedy’ scenario

Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur

The UN relief agencies have warned that the humanitarian situation in flood-hit Balochistan has become ‘very precarious’. Mr Martin Mogwanja, the regional UN humanitarian coordinator said, “The situation in Balochistan is a tragedy within the tragedy.” I presume he too will be labelled as a RAW agent with a mission to malign Pakistan. Another UNHCR representative said, “We all have a tendency to follow the course of the River Indus, and Balochistan risks being neglected…But we will not let this happen, and are scaling up our response.” Lofty and commendable ideals but sadly the ground realities are quite different and the UN and its bodies here are restricted to Hotel Serena in Quetta due to unjustified restrictions imposed in the name of security and which have led to “a tragedy within the tragedy”. 

BNM Highlights Dangers About Nuclearized Pakistan In Balochistan

The Baloch diaspora has staged demonstrations in various European countries to commemorate as a “Black Day” the 25th anniversary of Pakistani Nuclear tests in occupied Balochistan and urged global organizations, like the UN and IAEA, to send teams to the region to assess the extent of damage caused by those explosions.

The participants in these demonstrations, organized by Baloch National Movement (BNM), highlighted that the radiation caused by the atomic explosions at Chaghai in Balochistan by Pakistan on May 28, 1998, was still affecting people and the environment in that region.

June 2: Shaheed Tariq Essa & Shaheed Ahmed Khan Marri

May 29: Shaheed Mir Naveed Khan Baloch