Quetta, Dec 24 (NationPress) A prominent human rights organization has raised urgent alarms regarding the troubling increase in the enforced disappearances of women in Balochistan at the hands of Pakistan’s security forces and intelligence agencies.

The Human Rights Council of Balochistan (HRCB) reported that this year alone, at least 12 women have been abducted, highlighting a worsening human rights crisis in the region. Among the latest victims are Hazra, who is eight months pregnant, and 17-year-old Hair Nisa.

“These acts breach Pakistan’s Constitution and its international legal commitments, including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), and the Convention Against Torture, all of which prohibit enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention, and torture,” stated the HRCB.

These violations also jeopardize Pakistan’s Generalised System of Preferences (GSP+) agreements with the European Union, indicating a pressing need for accountability and transparency.

In response to the escalating violence against women in Balochistan, Sammi Baloch, a leader of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), expressed that a disturbing trend is emerging in the province, where the enforced disappearance of Baloch women is no longer seen as an extraordinary crime, but rather as a routine occurrence.

In a video shared on social media platform X, Sammi remarked, “New cases of women being taken from their homes in front of their families are reported almost daily—without warrants, without charges, and without any information given to their relatives.”

“What was once unimaginable has now become normalized. While Balochistan has long endured enforced disappearances, the specific targeting of women—including underage girls, mothers with infants, and pregnant women—signals a dangerous escalation of state violence,” she noted.

Sammi underscored the significant role of women in the Baloch resistance movement, stating that they have historically stood as mothers, daughters, sisters, and activists.

“Targeting these women is not accidental; it is a deliberate strategy to instill fear in the community, diminish public morale, and punish families who seek justice. In this context, silence equates to complicity. We urge individuals from all sectors to voice their opposition to this oppression,” Sammi emphasized.

“Currently, Baloch women are disappearing in plain sight. If this brutality continues unchecked, the silence will engulf all communities in the future,” she warned.