Archive · 3 Jul 2025
Balochistan: Enforced Disappearances and Killings Spark Outcry
In Balochistan, Pakistan, people are worried because security forces are taking people and making them disappear.
One woman, Rubina Baloch, was taken away recently.
She works as a nurse.
This is the second time this has happened to a woman in a month.
It is also reported that people are being killed, and their bodies are being found.
Human rights groups are very concerned about these actions, and they want other countries to help stop them.
Another Baloch woman, Rubina Baloch, was forcibly taken by security forces in Turbat, Balochistan.
This marks the second such incident in a month following the disappearance of Mahjabeen Baloch.
Rubina Baloch is a Lady Health Visitor who was abducted from her sister's home.
Multiple enforced disappearances and custodial killings are reported across Balochistan.
Human rights groups condemn the actions and call for international intervention.
- Who
- Pakistani security forces, including Frontier Corps and Military Intelligence, and various Baloch individuals.
- What
- Forced disappearances and custodial killings are occurring in Balochistan.
- When
- Incidents are ongoing; Rubina Baloch was taken June 30, the man in Mashkay was found same day as abduction, and others in the past months.
- Where
- Balochistan, Pakistan, specifically Turbat, Mashkay, Dera Bugti, Kech, Sui, and Khuzdar districts.
- Why
- Unclear; but related to ongoing tensions and allegations of human rights abuses in the region.
Human Rights Groups
Government (Indirectly)
Condemnation
Human Rights Groups
Condemn enforced disappearances and custodial killings.
Government (Indirectly)
Not Applicable
Accountability
Human Rights Groups
Demand accountability from state institutions.
Government (Indirectly)
Not Applicable
International Intervention
Human Rights Groups
Call for international intervention.
Government (Indirectly)
Not Applicable
- Incident Type
- Forced Disappearances and Custodial Killings
- Location
- Balochistan, Pakistan
- Victim (Recent)
- Rubina Baloch, Lady Health Visitor
- Victim (Other)
- Mahjabeen Baloch (previously), man from Mashkay and Khuzdar district
- Alleged Perpetrators
- Pakistani security forces
- Report Source
- The Balochistan Post (TBP)
Sources
Uproar in Balochistan after missing activist found killed; deceased’s father ‘disappeared’ in 2015
Enforced disappearances, custodial killings surge in Balochistan, sparking outcry from human rights groups
