The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), a prominent human rights body, on Thursday, 15 October 2026, strongly condemned Pakistani authorities for allegedly carrying out the forced displacement of thousands of families across Balochistan, stripping residents of their ancestral homes, livelihoods, and generational ties to the land. The condemnation follows months of reported evictions spanning at least 14 named areas of the province.

Scale of Displacement

According to the BYC, affected areas include Zehri, Sarawan, Kaland, Jiwani, Noshki, Chagai, Kharan, Mand, Dasht, Sani Shoran, Mangchar, Mastung, Mashkay, and several others where notices to vacate have reportedly already been issued. The rights body warned that the list of affected settlements continues to grow, with residents given little more than a written notice before being uprooted.

'Local people are handed a piece of paper and stripped of the life they built over years of toil, forced to accept the identity of a migrant on their own land for the rest of their lives,' the BYC stated, adding that displaced families either end up in makeshift roadside settlements in urban centres or wander through temporary shelters indefinitely.

Impact on Livelihoods and Cultural Identity

The BYC stressed that the displacement extends far beyond the physical loss of shelter. Coastal fishermen have reportedly been cut off from the sea, farmers from their fields, and herders from their flocks and grazing pastures. Generations-old skills and economic practices, the organisation said, have been rendered meaningless by administrative decree.

The Baloch Voice for Justice (BVJ), a separate rights organisation, echoed these concerns, stating that the destruction of ancestral settlements amounted to the erasure of cultural identity, human dignity, and historical memory. 'Burning homes, bulldozing ancestral settlements, cutting down orchards and trees, and displacing people from their lands is not merely the destruction of buildings and villages, but is tantamount to erasing generations of memories, cultural identity, human dignity, and the bonds tied to the earth,' the BVJ said in a statement.

Conditions on the Ground

Many of those displaced, according to the BYC, are currently sheltering in rest houses at Koh-e-Murad in Kech district, while others have been forced to seek accommodation with relatives. The organisation described the displaced as living 'a nomadic life' with no clear timeline for resolution or return.

Call for International Intervention

Both the BYC and BVJ have called on the United Nations and international human rights organisations to take immediate notice of the situation, ensure protection of affected residents' rights, and implement effective measures to halt what they describe as an ongoing humanitarian crisis. As of the time of reporting, neither the Pakistani government nor provincial authorities in Balochistan had publicly responded to these allegations.

The latest condemnations add to a long-documented pattern of alleged rights violations in Balochistan, a resource-rich province that has seen decades of conflict between armed separatist groups and Pakistani security forces, with civilians frequently caught in the crossfire.