The Human Rights Department of the Baloch National Movement (BNM), Paank, has released its report for May 2025, documenting the deteriorating human rights situation in Balochistan. The report highlights a deeply alarming escalation in state violence that continues a decades-long pattern of abuse in the region.
According to data compiled by Paank, 128 individuals were forcibly disappeared by the Pakistan Army during May 2025, while 27 people were subjected to extrajudicial killings. The highest number of enforced disappearances were reported from Gwadar district, with 32 cases. Other affected areas include Kech (27), Karachi (10), Awaran (9), Shaal (8), Panjgur and Mastung (7 each), Chagai (5), Dera Bugti (4) and Nushki (6), Musakhel, Kalat, and Khuzdar (3 each), Barkhan and Harnai (2 each), and Washuk (1).
May also saw a surge in extrajudicial executions. On May 1st, Sameer Ahmed was forcibly disappeared from Tasp, Panjgur, and his body was recovered on May 9th. On May 5th, a state-backed death squad killed 15-year-old Ali Baloch in Tump, Kech. On May 10th, Waheed Baloch was abducted from Panjgur, and the next day his bullet-riddled body was found.
Sufi Tariq was abducted and murdered in Jimuri, Gwadar. On May 13th, the mutilated body of Fahad Lehri was discovered in Shaal. The remains of Mohammad Ramzan, who had been forcibly disappeared in 2014, were also recovered during the month. Younas Baloch was killed in Malar, Awaran, while Bakhtiyar Ahmed was targeted in Kalat for speaking out against military actions.
Several individuals — including Sajid Baloch, Yasir Baloch, Hanif Aziz, Abdul Latif Baloch, and Ghaus Bakhsh — were abducted from their homes and executed. Abdul Latif Baloch, a senior journalist, was killed while he slept at home, underscoring the grave risks faced by the media in Balochistan. In another disturbing incident, three individuals — Abdul Rehman Buzdar, Fareed Buzdar, and Sultan Marri — were abducted by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of police and later killed in a staged encounter in Barkhan.
On May 26th and 27th, during a military action in Machi Malar, Awaran, two civilians — Naeem Baloch and a woman named Hauri Baloch — were killed, and another woman was seriously injured. On May 22nd, Sher Khan Khetran was detained in Barkhan; his body was found on May 28th. Darmaan Baloch was detained twice, and his body was recovered on May 30th in Jahoo. On May 29th, a driver, Musafir Baloch, was killed in Aapsar, Turbat (Kech district). On the same day, Nazar Baloch and Abdul Aziz were also targeted, followed by the killing of Levies officer Sagheer Ahmed on May 30th.
Paank’s report concludes that these incidents reflect a systematic pattern in which state institutions and their affiliated armed groups operate with impunity, targeting civilians, activists, students, journalists, and even government personnel. These acts represent not only severe violations of domestic and international legal norms but are also part of a broader policy of collective punishment, enforced silence, and instilling fear.
The report calls on the international community to take immediate and serious notice of these widespread and organized human rights violations and to support justice for the oppressed people of Balochistan.
