Quetta, April 8 (NationPress) Senior figure of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), Sabiha Baloch, has raised alarming concerns about the human rights conditions in Balochistan, Pakistan, calling on the United Nations to initiate a thorough and unbiased examination of the province's human rights landscape, as reported by local media.

In her address at the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council, Baloch highlighted the troubling issue of enforced disappearances in Balochistan, indicating that individuals from the Baloch community continue to vanish under questionable circumstances, as noted by The Balochistan Post. She voiced serious apprehensions regarding extrajudicial killings and the alarming recovery of mutilated corpses, which she characterized as part of a systematic trend.

Baloch emphasized that journalists, students, lawyers, and human rights defenders frequently endure harassment and detention under counter-terrorism legislation simply for voicing their opinions. She pointed out that several leaders of the BYC, including Mahrang Baloch, remain in extended custody.

On April 5, a prominent human rights organization reported that at least three Baloch civilians were victims of extrajudicial killings, while five others were forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Balochistan.

The Baloch National Movement's Human Rights Department, Paank, reported the discovery of a bullet-riddled body of a Baloch student, Shayhaq Raheem, found on Sunday in the Pasni Link Road area of Turbat in Kech district.

According to Paank, Raheem was forcibly abducted on March 31 from the Main Bazar area of Turbat by death squads allied with Pakistan.

Paank described this incident as indicative of a "disturbing and systematic pattern of human rights abuses in Balochistan, where individuals, particularly students and youth, are subjected to enforced disappearances and are later discovered deceased."

In another tragic case, the mutilated body of 18-year-old Sabzal Baloch was found on April 1 in the Pelari area of Gwadar district, nearly eight months post his alleged enforced disappearance.

Paank stated that Sabzal was forcibly taken on July 25, 2025, from the Talar Check Post, situated between Gwadar and Turbat, by members of Pakistan's Frontier Corps (FC).

The organization also condemned the illegal detention, torture, and custodial death of another Baloch youth, Israr Baloch, in the provincial capital, Quetta.

According to Paank's findings, Israr was apprehended by personnel from Pakistan's Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on March 22 and subsequently turned over to Military Intelligence (MI), remaining forcibly disappeared for several days.

He was later returned in a critical state, showing clear evidence of torture, and ultimately succumbed to his injuries.

Expressing alarm over this event, the rights organization demanded an immediate and independent investigation, insisting that those accountable be brought to justice.

Amid the escalating crisis of enforced disappearances in Balochistan, Paank reported that another civilian, Abdulla Adil, was taken from his residence in the Kuddan Dasht area of Kech on Sunday by the FC alongside other law enforcement agencies.

Additionally, an 18-year-old student, Fida Taj, was abducted on April 3 along with a companion by Pakistani forces in Kech, further intensifying concerns over the human rights situation in the province.

In its critique of the ongoing practice of enforced disappearances throughout Balochistan, Paank noted that two more civilians were forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Barkhan district on April 2 by personnel from FC and CTD.

The victims were identified as Noor Ahmed Khajani, an agriculture officer, and Noor Zaman Khajani, a local shopkeeper.