Human Rights Council of Balochistan highlights Baloch civilians forcibly disappeared, killed by Pak security forces

A leading human rights organisation Human Rights Council of Balochistan (HRCB) has highlighted that hundreds of Baloch civilians were forcibly disappeared and several killed by Pakistani security forces in Balochistan during July as the cycle of persecution continues amid a surge in enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings. HRCB, in its July 2025 report, documented 112 cases of enforced disappearance across the province. Of these, 89 individuals remain missing, 15 were released, and eight were killed extrajudicially in custody.
 
During the same period, the rights body said, 49 people were killed, including 44 men and five women by the Pakistani security forces. As per the findings of the rights body, Pakistan’s Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel were implicated in 49 cases, while the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) was responsible for 32. On the other hand, Pakistani Intelligence agencies carried out 25 abductions, and six cases were attributed to Pakistan-backed death squads. Meanwhile, Baloch families continued their sit-in protest for the 40th consecutive day in Islamabad against enforced disappearance and illegal detention of Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leaders.