Baloch leader Mehran Marri has made a scathing attack on Pakistan’s human rights record in Balochistan, alleging widespread enforced disappearances, extra-judicial killings, and arbitrary detentions. Talking to a news agency, Mr. Marri said that the situation in the province has reached to an extremely grim point, mirroring decades of systematic repression.

According to Mr. Marri, the Pakistani military establishment has not only intensified crackdowns within Balochistan but has expanded transnational aggression, targeting Baloch refugees beyond Pakistan’s borders. He said that Pakistan routinely masks military operations under the pretext of counterinsurgency, while in reality suppressing legitimate political aspirations. He said, the Baloch struggle is centred on sovereignty, territorial integrity and fundamental human dignity.