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Baloch protestors block Quetta-Karachi highway as Pak Army kidnappings increase

Families of the forcibly disappeared Syed Hussain Shah and his son, Syed Akhtar Shah, have blocked the Quetta-Karachi highway for over 12 hours, demanding their safe release. The protest at Midway has paralyzed traffic, stranding hundreds of passengers and freight vehicles in freezing temperatures. Yet, true to their characteristic apathy, Pak authorities have neither initiated dialogue nor shown the slightest concern for the suffering of the protesters or stranded travelers.

Syed Hussain Shah, an elderly man, was abducted along with over 40 others during a brutal military operation in Kalat’s Eskeleko area just days ago. Pak forces reportedly besieged the region, raiding homes, abducting residents, and violating the sanctity of private spaces—a gross transgression of human rights that has become the norm under Pakistan’s colonial approach towards POB. Locals recounted horrifying tales of violence, with residents beaten, confined to their homes, and their dignity trampled upon.

Quetta-Karachi Highway Paralyzed

Two months ago, the same forces abducted Hussain Shah’s son, Syed Akhtar Shah, during a raid on their home in Kalat’s Pendrani Abad. The family’s ordeal, like countless others, has been met with complete silence from Pak authorities.

The protest is marked by the participation of women and children, their anguish piercing through the cold air. They demand the immediate release of their loved ones or, at the very least, their production in a court of law. But justice, it seems, is a concept foreign to the Paki establishment when it comes to the Baloch people. The protesters have vowed not to reopen the highway until the disappeared individuals are safely returned.

This wave of enforced disappearances is part of Pakistan’s long-standing campaign to crush the Baloch community. The Army has weaponized abductions, extrajudicial killings, and intimidation to silence the voices that demand dignity and autonomy. The Pak Army, notorious for its colonial mindset, continues to treat the resource-rich region as a colony, looting its wealth while subjecting its people to abject misery. The Baloch Yakjehti Committee has backed the protest, urging human rights organizations worldwide to intervene and break their deafening silence.

Pak Army loot homes, abduct Baloch family in Dera Bugti Raids

In Dera Bugti, the Pak Army and intelligence agencies launched a series of raids on homes in the Patoch village of Siyah Aaf. During these operations, Army conducted rampant looting, followed by the abduction of two individuals, whose whereabouts remain unknown.

The victims, identified as Johau, son of Bari Bugti, and Jona, son of Nokaf Bugti, belong to the Karmanzi branch of the Bugti tribe. Their forced disappearances are the latest in a long and bloody campaign by the Paki establishment to suppress Baloch community and intimidate the local population into submission.

The wave of terror did not end there. On Tuesday night, in the Girani neighborhood of Sui, another raid was conducted by the forces, during which Sikandar, son of Ajab Khan Bugti, was also forcibly taken away. This surge in abductions coincides with a recent visit by Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti to the region, a visit that has resulted in an intensification of enforced disappearances and further militarization of the area. The Army-backed death squads—that operate with full impunity—have been supplied with additional weaponry, escalating the already dire situation.

The Pak Army and its proxies have long employed brutal tactics to crush dissent in POB, including enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and the infamous “kill-and-dump” policy. While the families of the disappeared live in agony, the Pak Army perpetuates a narrative of denial, blaming innocent victims as “anti-state elements” to justify its atrocities.

Recovery of six Baloch bodies in 24 hours as Pak Army violence escalates

In POB, six bodies were recovered from various locations within the last 24 hours. The latest discoveries lay bare the brutality of the Pakistan Army and its accomplices, whose systematic campaign of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings continues to terrorize the region.

On Monday, the body of Amanullah, a young boy who went missing a month ago in Quetta’s Khrotabad area, was discovered in the mountains of Nohisar. Meanwhile, in Kech district’s Kalg area, an elderly woman who disappeared on Sunday evening near Aliabad Road was found dead the next morning by Levies forces. This marks the second woman’s body recovered in Turbat this week.

In Khuzdar’s Zehri area, remains of Abid Hussain and Masti Khan, missing for eight years, were unearthed on Monday. On Sunday, two more bodies, identified as Faqir Jan and Essa, were discovered in Awaran. Both had also been missing for years.

The systematic discovery of unidentified and mutilated bodies across POB exposes the Pak Army’s draconian policies aimed at silencing and subjugating the Baloch people. The so-called “law enforcement agencies” and intelligence apparatus, led by the Army and the ISI, have turned POB into a graveyard for its inhabitants, operating death squads that abduct, torture, and kill those they deem a threat.

These atrocities are not mere “incidents” but a deliberate strategy to crush the spirit of Baloch nationalism, which has grown in response to decades of exploitation and repression since Pakistan’s illegal annexation of Balochistan in 1948. The discovery of these bodies is part of a larger campaign of terror, where enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings are wielded as tools to stifle voices demanding justice and autonomy.

‘Toy’ mortar explosion in Bannu kills three Pashtun children

In yet another tragic incident, three young seminary students lost their lives in a mortar shell explosion in Bannu on Monday. The boys—two of whom were brothers, Zeeshan and Wahab, alongside their friend Alamzeb—were innocently playing in the Janikhel Sen Tanga area when they stumbled upon the deadly shell, mistaking it for a toy.

The boys had just left their seminary and were on their way home when the tragedy occurred. What makes this horrifying event even more infuriating is that residents had reportedly informed the local administration about the presence of the mortar shell in the area, but their warnings were met with inaction. Such negligence has tragically become a pattern in Pashtun regions.

Just last week, a similar incident occurred in Lower Kurram Tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where a live mortar shell claimed the lives of three more children and left five others critically injured. In both instances, the victims were under the age of 11—innocent children paying the price of a system that views Pashtun lives as disposable.

These so-called “accidents” are emblematic of a larger, sinister pattern of Paki establishment repression against the Pashtun community. The Pak Army and its intelligence apparatus, the ISI, have long maintained an oppressive grip on the tribal regions, deliberately fostering unrest to further their own interests. By sowing chaos and leaving behind the remnants of their military operations—like the unexploded ordnance that killed these children—they continue to endanger the lives of ordinary Pashtuns.

For decades, the Army has used Pashtun lands as a playground for its experiments in fostering and weaponizing extremism, turning young boys into pawns of militant ideologies. The policy is as cynical as it is brutal, with the aim of exploiting the region for geopolitical leverage while crushing any semblance of resistance or nationalism.

Uthal university students protest against kidnapping of Baloch students by Pak Army

The oppressive grip of the Pakistan Army over Balochistan tightened further as students from the Agricultural University of Uthal took to the streets to protest the recent wave of enforced disappearances. The protest, which saw active participation from both male and female students as well as faculty members, highlighted the growing unrest among the youth of POB who are increasingly becoming targets of the military’s brutal tactics.

Carrying placards and photographs of their missing friends, the protesters demanded the immediate recovery of four students—Gulab, Balach, Biyan, and Nasir—abducted in broad daylight from Uthal Bazaar. While some of the detainees have been released, the fate of others remains shrouded in uncertainty. The silence of the authorities only reinforces suspicions of the Pakistan Army’s involvement in these kidnappings, a tactic long used to suppress dissent and instill fear in the region.

This protest is explains a larger narrative of oppression in POB. For decades, the Pakistan Army has treated the region as its colony, systematically targeting Baloch students, intellectuals, and activists in a bid to crush the voices demanding autonomy and justice. The abduction of students from educational institutions signals a new low, where even the sanctity of education is not spared from military overreach.

The protesters warned of intensifying their demonstrations if their missing friends are not recovered, holding the authorities and the military directly responsible for the deteriorating situation. By abducting and silencing students, the military aims to crush the aspirations of an educated and empowered Baloch youth who dare to challenge the decades-long exploitation of their land and resources.

JSFM rallies demand independent Sindhudesh from Paki establishment

On Sindh’s Cultural Day, the Jeay Sindh Freedom Movement (JSFM) turned traditional celebrations into a powerful statement of defiance against the oppressive Paki establishment. Across Sindh, massive rallies echoed with slogans for Sindhudesh, a call for an independent Sindhi homeland. Participants rejected the dominance of religious extremism, condemned controversial canal projects on the Indus River, and demanded the immediate release of all missing persons, who have been abducted by the Pakistan Army and its intelligence agencies.

The rallies reflected the growing anger in Sindh against the exploitative policies of the Paki establishment. For decades, Sindhis have been marginalized, their resources plundered, and their voices silenced. JSFM’s call for Sindhudesh is a direct response to this systematic oppression. Protesters boldly chanted, “Sindh wants freedom from Pakistan!”.

A central focus of the protests was the rejection of Pakistan’s plans to construct canals on the Indus River, a lifeline for Sindh. These projects, are a deliberate attempt to deprive Sindh of its rightful share of water, have been condemned as a strategy to render the province agriculturally barren and economically dependent. Protesters accused the Pak Army of turning Sindh into a colony, looting its resources to serve Punjab while leaving Sindhis to suffer.

The demonstrators also highlighted the plight of enforced disappearances in Sindh, a practice systematically carried out by the Pakistan Army and intelligence agencies to crush dissent. Hundreds of Sindhis have been abducted in recent years, their fates unknown. The protesters demanded their immediate recovery, calling the disappearances a war crime and accusing the Paki establishment of operating like a rogue regime that thrives on terrorizing its own citizens.

POJK: All Parties Coordination Committee protests against Pakistan’s ‘black law’ in Kotli

The All Parties Coordination Committee (APCC) in Kotli has ramped up its opposition to the controversial Presidential Ordinance in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), convening a crucial meeting at Shaheed Chowk, Kotli, to outline their bold 16-point Charter of Demands. The committee has set a firm deadline of December 9 for the Pakistan-occupied authority to address their concerns, or face mass protests. These demands are a direct challenge to the authoritarian policies imposed by the Pakistan Army and its establishment, which have long exploited and suppressed the region’s people.

In a defiant act of resistance, the committee has called for region-wide protests on December 10, coinciding with International Human Rights Day, to condemn Pakistan’s repressive governance. These demands reflect a growing wave of public outrage against the Paki establishment’s oppressive control over PoJK, which continues to suffocate the region’s freedom and aspirations for self-determination.

The controversial Presidential Ordinance, passed by Islamabad, has sparked fury across PoJK. On November 21, the situation in Kotli escalated when Pakistan’s police used brutal tactics, including firing and shelling, to disperse demonstrators protesting against the ordinance. This heavy-handed response marked a turning point in the struggle against the “black law,” a draconian measure designed to stifle dissent and curb the Kashmiri people’s right to protest.

The law imposes severe penalties, including up to seven years in prison, hefty fines, and immediate detention for participants in unauthorized demonstrations. The APCC’s defiance and the growing protests signal that the people of PoJK are no longer willing to endure the suffocating grip of the Paki establishment.

Radical Islamists attack, vandalise four Hindu temples across Bangladesh

In a chilling series of attacks that unfolded on 29 November, Hindu temples across Bangladesh have come under brutal assault by radical Islamist groups, further intensifying the ongoing persecution of the Hindu minority in the country. The latest spate of violence follows a destabilizing coup against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government, a development that has left the Hindu community increasingly vulnerable to radical forces and state-sponsored violence.

The attacks, which have become a daily horror for Hindus in Bangladesh, were marked by assaults on several revered Hindu religious sites, including the Shanteshri Matri Temple in Chittagong’s Pathorghata, the Jagatbandhu Ashram Temple in Pathorghata, and two Iskcon Temples in Habiganj and Kishoreganj. The Bhairav Iskcon Temple in Kishoreganj and the Iskcon Temple in Habiganj were also targeted in coordinated raids, with radicals damaging sacred idols, setting fire to temple property, and terrorizing the local Hindu community.

The attacks are a part of disturbing pattern of escalating violence against Hindus since the political upheaval began. Radical Islamists have seized upon the power vacuum created by the coup to ramp up their attacks on religious minorities, particularly Hindus.

In addition to the destruction of religious property, reports indicate a chilling rise in the abduction of Hindu girls and women. These women are often forcibly converted to Islam and married off to extremists. In several regions across Bangladesh, Hindu homes and businesses have been burned down, their owners either fleeing or facing brutal reprisals for attempting to protect their livelihoods.

The arrests of prominent Hindu figures such as Adinath Brahmachari and Raghunath Brahmachari have further intensified the climate of fear. These respected community leaders, known for their commitment to preserving Hindu traditions, have been detained by authorities under questionable circumstances, heightening concerns about the growing marginalization of Hindus in the country.

The assault on Hindu temples and the systematic abduction and conversion of Hindu women are a testament to the increasing radicalization of parts of Bangladesh’s political and religious landscape. These incidents also reflect the broader context of the Pak-backed Islamization agenda that has been steadily taking root across the region.

BLA attacks Pakistan Army in Nushki, Kalat and Gwadar

The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has once again showcased its resistance against Pakistan’s colonial occupation, carrying out a series of daring operations in Nushki, Kalat, and Gwadar. These actions, aimed at undermining the oppressive regime and its collaborators, highlight the ongoing struggle for Baloch liberation and self-determination.

In a statement released to the media, BLA spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch revealed that fidayeens (freedom fighters) conducted three coordinated operations in Nushki. They successfully intercepted vehicles on the main highway through snap-checking, seized weapons and military equipment from Pakistan’s Levies Force, and detained employees of an exploitative construction company engaged in plundering Balochistan’s resources.

In a bold move, the fidayeens set fire to the company’s machinery, rendering it unusable. Interrogation of the detained individuals is underway, underscoring the BLA’s commitment to holding accountable those who facilitate Pakistan’s exploitative projects in POB.

BLA Operations

In another operation in Kalat’s Mengalchar area, BLA fighters neutralized a key informer working for the occupying Pakistan Army. The individual, disguised as a mentally unstable person, had been instrumental in establishing a network of collaborators for the military.

The BLA’s intelligence wing, Zarab, had been monitoring the informer’s activities, revealing the depth of his complicity in aiding the occupation forces. The spokesperson warned that all members of such networks would face the same fate, reaffirming the BLA’s zero-tolerance policy for traitors undermining the Baloch cause.

Meanwhile, in Gwadar, BLA fighters targeted a hideout of informers near Dhor Chowk. The attack left one collaborator injured. This individual, masquerading as a barber, had been operating as an informer on the payroll of the Pak military.

These operations serve as a stark reminder of the resilience of the Baloch liberation struggle against decades of Army-sponsored oppression, resource exploitation, and systematic marginalization. The BLA’s actions are a direct response to Pakistan’s colonial mindset, which seeks to silence Baloch voices through military might, enforced disappearances, and the creation of proxy networks.

Pak Army abducts eight more Baloch students

The Pak Army has abducted eight individuals from Uthal, Jiwani, and Karachi, intensifying fears among the already oppressed Baloch population.

In Uthal, four students from Agricultural University Uthal—identified as Gulab, Balach, Bayan, and Nasir—were reportedly detained by Pak Army from the Uthal Bazaar. Their classmates confirm that these young students were taken into custody without any justification, and their whereabouts remain unknown. This targeted action against students highlights the military’s deliberate efforts to suppress Baloch youth and intellectuals, viewing them as potential threats to their oppressive regime.

In the coastal district of Gwadar, three individuals—Faqir Muhammad, his son Dad Muhammad, and another man named Darjan—were abducted by Pak forces in Jiwani. This is yet another example of the military’s attempt to disrupt and intimidate Baloch families in their own homeland.

In Karachi’s Lea Market, a rickshaw driver, Sadiq Ahmed, son of Dil Murad and a resident of Kahn Gichk, was also forcibly disappeared. The extension of enforced disappearances to urban centers like Karachi shows the military’s unchecked authority and its systematic targeting of Baloch individuals, even outside POB.

The Pak Army’s strategy of enforced disappearances is not a matter of isolated incidents but a systematic policy to crush dissent in POB. By targeting students, families, and ordinary civilians, the Army continues to undermine the region’s stability while exploiting its resources. The international community’s silence and failure to hold Pakistan accountable have emboldened its military to escalate these human rights violations, leaving the Baloch people trapped in a cycle of oppression and injustice.