QUETTA — Baloch National Movement's Human Rights body Paank on Thursday
strongly condemned the extrajudicial killings of two more victims of enforced
disappearances by the Pakistani army in Mashkai of Balochistan's Awaran
district.
"Pakistani forces extrajudicially killed Ali
Muhammad and Nizar, both previously subjected to enforced disappearance, in
Mashkai Cantonment, and shifted their bodies to Mashkai Hospital. Ali Muhammad,
son of Hakeem, was abducted during a military raid in Mashkai Khandri on
February 1, 2025, and tortured in custody. On June 11, he was executed and his
body dumped at the hospital," read a statement issued by the rights body.
The human rights body said that Nizar "forcibly
disappeared" on December 23, 2024, from Mashkai Mazarabad and was killed
on June 11 at the same cantonment. Meanwhile, his brother Guldad remains
missing.
Condemning the killings, Paank stated that these
incidents highlight a continued pattern of enforced disappearances followed by
extrajudicial executions in Balochistan.
The rights body termed the killings "a blatant
violation of international human rights laws and urged international bodies to
investigate and hold the perpetrators accountable."
On the other hand, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC)
called out on the harassment of their leaders in Baloch prison and demanded the
Pakistani authorities stop the abuses immediately.
BYC revealed that the recently appointed jail
superintendent of Hada Jail Quetta, Syed Hamidullah Pechi, is continuously
harassing its leaders.
"Jail superintendent Syed Hamidullah Pechi is not
only denying the legal and human rights of political prisoners but is also
adopting an authoritarian and abusive approach, subjecting BYC leaders to
various forms of mental and physical torture and is also continuously harassing
the families of our leaders, making them wait unnecessarily for three hours
outside the jail to meet their loved ones," read a statement issued by the
BYC.
The BYC stated that its leaders, Bebigar Baloch and
Shahji Baloch, have been locked up in separate cells where they are deprived of
medical treatment, meeting with their families, and other basic rights.
"When they raised their voices against these
atrocities, Superintendent Syed Hamidullah Pechi was extremely rude to them and
even attempted physical violence," it further added.
Raising concerns, the human rights organisation
highlighted that Bebigar Baloch is physically disabled and needs constant
medical facilities and check-ups, but the jail administration is flatly
refusing to provide these facilities.
"Similarly, BYC's main organiser, Mahrang Baloch,
and her fellow inmates, Bebo Baloch and Gulzadi Baloch, are also being
continuously harassed. The superintendent has further tightened the
restrictions on these women leaders, and when they raised their voices for
their basic rights, they were threatened and harassed in various ways,"
the BYC stated.
The BYC warned the prison administration and
superintendent to immediately stop the harassment of its leaders and restore
their legal, human, and medical rights, stating that it will not remain silent
against this oppression under any circumstances.
