Quetta, Sep 27 (NationPress) A prominent human rights organization has vehemently condemned the extrajudicial execution of a Baloch truck driver by Pakistan's Frontier Corps (FC) in the Mastung district of Balochistan.

The Baloch Voice for Justice (BVJ) characterized this event as part of Pakistan's enduring oppression of the Baloch populace rather than an isolated incident.

The rights organization accused the Baloch civilian, who engaged in simple labor or small-scale business to provide for his family, of being unjustly labeled a “smuggler” and subsequently shot by the Pakistani forces.

“Baloch individuals are being stripped of job opportunities on their own territory. The government has not only monopolized the natural resources of the Baloch nation but has also forced them into a dire situation where they can barely afford a single meal a day. The mere act of buying and selling a gallon of petrol is criminalized as ‘smuggling,’ leading to the senseless loss of innocent lives,” the BVJ articulated.

“Ironically, senior officials from state institutions, ministers from the Balochistan government, and numerous administrative members engage in the routine smuggling of drugs, uncustomed vehicles, and oil, while local citizens are prohibited from purchasing or selling even a gallon of fuel. This hypocrisy is both baffling and intolerable,” it added.

The BVJ expressed alarm that both international and local human rights entities are maintaining a “criminal silence” regarding the ongoing oppression by Pakistani authorities in Balochistan. It remarked that Baloch workers, students, lawyers, journalists, transporters, traders, landowners—in essence, individuals from every sector—are increasingly becoming victims of state violence.

The rights organization demanded a thorough and transparent investigation into this incident and called for protection for every individual and political activist who dares to voice opposition to Pakistan’s repression. Immediate attention to the severe human rights violations in Balochistan is imperative.

Additionally, another human rights group reported on Saturday that a Baloch youth was forcibly abducted in the Kech district of Balochistan amid a rising tide of enforced disappearances in the area.

Paank, the Human Rights Department of the Baloch National Movement, revealed that 17-year-old Siraj Baloch, a resident of Balgatar in Kech, was forcibly taken on Friday near the Star Plus Market in Turbat city by armed assailants who struck him on the head with a firearm and abducted him in broad daylight.

Siraj, a first-year intermediate student, had gone to Turbat for educational purposes.

Paank voiced serious concerns over the ongoing crackdown on Baloch students. The rights body urged the global community to hold the Pakistani state and its infamous law enforcement agencies accountable, insisting they must stop using enforced disappearances as a means of oppression in Balochistan.