In Quetta, the capital of POB, a hunger strike camp of VBMP continues in front of the Quetta Press Club for the recovery of Baloch forcibly disappeared persons. The camp has reached 4990 days where both male and female political and social workers belonging to different walks of life have participated in the hunger strike.

On this occasion, VBMP Vice Chairman Mama Qadeer Baloch said that Pakistan’s tactics have been exposed, ‘an innocent Baloch girl Mahal Baloch has been suffering torture in the state prison for over a month. What kind of violence is being done? He said that they held a press conference with the family of Mahal Baloch in the past few days, in which her family said that they are facing severe pressure from the state institutions. Mama Qadeer said that if the courts are not able to prove anything against Mahal then clearly CTD is resorting to lies and forcing them to confess, which comes under the category of state coercion. Mahal Baloch was taken on physical remand three times continuously.

Mama Qadir Baloch further said that the state institutions have been using different tactics to prevent people from raising their voice against the state oppression, forcibly disappearing people, killing them and throwing their bodies in the deserts, beating up their families and using different methods. He said that ‘the state is worried about our continuous struggle for peace for thirteen years, that’s why they are taking our names, even though our struggle is peaceful, democratic and clear. And they are unsuccessfully trying to sabotage the peace struggle of Baloch through parliamentarians, but this struggle is a great struggle of thousands of forcibly disappeared persons and martyrs. Thus it is impossible to end it’.

Nadia Baloch, sister of Shah Fahad, who was forcibly disappeared from Kharan area of occupied Balochistan by Pakistani forces, while holding a press conference at Quetta Press Club, said that FC Colonel Kharan and his camp have been threatening them since the disappearance of her brother. Vice-Chairman of Voice for Baloch Missing Persons Mama Qadeer and Hawaran Baloch were also present on this occasion.

Nadia Baloch said that her brother Shah Fahad, age 22 was forcibly abducted by CTD from their house in Babu Mohalla Kharan on 16 March 2022 in the presence of eyewitnesses . ‘Instead of rescuing my brother, we are now being threatened and harassed so that people don’t speak up’, she said. Meanwhile, mobile phones, phones, 70,000 rupees and other valuable items were stolen from thier house on the pretext of investigation. She said that Fahad had been forcibly disappeared earlier as well along with their elder brother Ghulam Farid on 26 August 2016. Shah Fahad was just fifteen years old at that time, he was released after a few days and the elder brother was released after three years of enforced disappearance.

Nadia said that her family is being harassed by constant state repression. She accused FC Colonel Kharan of calling the camp and threatening them not to name CTD in the enforced disappearance of Shah Fahad. ‘We have used all the means of the law and the Constitution to recover our brother, have been continuously appearing in the commission and courts, have adopted all democratic and legitimate methods of protest, participated in the ongoing protest sit-in in the red zone last year’. Finally, she appealed for her brother Shah Fahd to be brought to light if he has committed any crime or is accused of any crime according to the law of the country.

The large-scale operation of the Pakistan Army in the Bolan region of Occupied Balochistan, which started on Thursday continued till Friday.Not only infantry troops participated in the operation, but they were also supported by combat helicopters.

Like the previous day, five gunship helicopters continuously flew and were assisting the ground forces. Dage.The Pak Army time and again conduct military operations. Whenever, they conduct military operations human rights are brazenly flaunted, raiding houses, setting up random check posts in different areas and forcibly kidnapping the locals.It should be noted that due to the control of Pakistani establishment over media in Balochistan, the Pakistan Army has become completely unrestrained and it has committed war crimes without heeding any international humanitarian and war laws.It is clear that Pakistani barbarism has given birth to a human tragedy in Balochistan. The ongoing atrocities in Balochistan over the past two decades have been increasing with each passing month and year. Seeing this, one can better imagine Pakistan’s intentions for the Baloch national genocide. There is no area left that has not been set on fire, people have not been evacuated, and houses have not been set on fire. In fact, no area in Balochistan is safe.

A Hindu businessman was seriously injured in a firing in Chaman border area of occupied Balochistan with Afghanistan. It has been reported that two armed motorcyclists opened fire on a pamphlet vendor Mukesh Kumar on Chaman Khushi Muhammad Road, injuring him.

According to local sources, there are various groups under the auspices of the Pak Army who are working to collect extortion from Hindu businessmen. When the incident was reported, the police were unable to reach the spot.Even earlier, Pakistan Army and ISI-backed Death Squads have been involved in cases of loot, extortion and killings across occupied Balochistan. In Khuzdar district there have been several incidents of murder of traders in cases of non-payment of extortion money to the Death Squads. Several incidents of kidnapping Hindu traders and demand for ransom have taken place in Khuzdar and adjoining districts of occupied Balochistan.