Asif Baloch

With Dr. Yar JAN Baloch @iamyarjan , The happiest Day of my life when you demonstrated something to yours Ideal person.

Professor Hayat was serving as an assistant professor at Degree College Nushki. He was widely respected as a distinguished writer, poet, short story writer and translator in both the Brahui and Balochi languages. He authored more than 15 books. tribune.com.pk/story/2608484/…

I am deeply concerned to learn that the Vice Chancellor of the University of Gwadar, Dr. Abdul Razzaq, along with the Pro-Vice Chancellor, Director, and several of their colleagues, who were traveling from Gwadar to Quetta, have reportedly been abducted near Mastung. I respectfully urge the Honorable Governor of Balochistan and the Honorable Chief Minister of Balochistan (@PakSarfrazbugti, @dpr_gob) to take immediate and effective measures to ensure their safe and prompt recovery. It is profoundly alarming that the head of a university, along with members of his academic team, has gone missing under such circumstances. This is not only a matter of grave concern for the higher education sector but also deeply distressing for the entire academic community. I sincerely appeal to the relevant authorities to extend all possible support and prioritize urgent action in this matter. Our thoughts and prayers are with the affected colleagues and their families, and we hope for their safe return at the earliest. Thank you.

اک شخص سارے شہر کو ویران کر گیا غمخوارِ حیات کے غم میں آج پورا بلوچستان غم میں ہے۔ ہر آنکھ اشکبار ہے اور اس ناحق قتل پر ہر بلوچ کے دل میں شدید رنج و غصہ ہے۔ غمخوار کے قاتل بھی خوفزدہ ہو کر اس سفاکانہ قتل کی ذمہ داری دوسروں پر ڈال رہے مگر لوگ حقیقت سے بخوبی آگاہ ہیں۔

Guardian says: “…the Pakistani human rights defender Roshaan Khattak had PhD research into enforced disappearances in Balochistan put on ice following threats.” When @Cambridge_Uni has more than £200 million partnerships with China and now a possible deal with Saudi, violent censorship of research into genocidal crimes in Balochistan is not surprising at all. @WolfsonCam @CamSociology @bhask286 @AmnestyUK @PeterTatchell @IndexCensorship @oia @officestudents theguardian.com/education/2026…

Balochistan is in complete chaos, and nobody is safe. Very disturbing to hear the news that prominent Baloch professor, poet, and scholar Ghamkhawar Hayat was shot dead in Nushki today. Hayat was killed just days after two professors were kidnapped from Mastung.

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ڈاکٹر رزاق صابر اور ڈاکٹر منظور بلوچ بلوچستان کے اُن قیمتی علمی و سماجی اثاثوں میں شامل ہیں جنہوں نے اپنی زندگی تعلیم، شعور اور سماجی خدمت کے لیے وقف کر رکھی ہے۔ ان کے حوالے سے سامنے آنے والی خبریں نہایت تشویشناک اور افسوسناک ہیں۔ ہم ریاستی اور غیر ریاستی تمام فریقوں سے اپیل کرتے ہیں کہ نہتے شہریوں، خواتین، بچوں، اساتذہ، سیاسی و انسانی حقوق کے کارکنان، تاجروں اور عام لوگوں کو ہر قسم کے تصادم اور کارروائیوں سے محفوظ رکھا جائے۔ بحثیت ایک سیاسی کارکن کے ھم اپیل کرتے ہیں کہ انسانی اقدار کا احترام یقینی بنایا جائے اور اس تنازعے کا حل طاقت کے بجائے سیاسی اور جمہوری ذرائع سے تلاش کیا جائے۔ ہم دعاگو ہیں کہ ڈاکٹر رزاق صابر اور ڈاکٹر منظور بلوچ جلد اور بحفاظت اپنے اہلِ خانہ کے پاس واپس لوٹ آئیں۔

Alarming that vice chancellor and pro vice chancellor of University of Gwadar went missing on their way to Quetta — Dawn newspaper reports.

𝙋𝘼𝘼𝙉𝙆 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙂𝙬𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙧 𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙂𝙬𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙌𝙪𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡-𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚎: 𝟷𝟹 𝙼𝚊𝚢 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟼 According to available reports, Vice Chancellor Dr. Abdul Razzaq Sabir, Pro-Vice Chancellor Syed Manzoor Ahmed, Dr. Irshad Buledi, and their driver Hatum reportedly went missing while traveling on official duty to Quetta. The incident reportedly occurred in the Khad Kocha area of Mastung district. Their whereabouts remain unknown, causing growing concern among their families, colleagues, and the wider academic community across Balochistan. This incident highlights the deteriorating security situation faced by academics, intellectuals, and public servants in the region. Educational institutions in Balochistan continue to function under an atmosphere of fear and uncertainty amid ongoing incidents of violence, enforced disappearances, and targeted attacks. Earlier, on 4 March 2026, lecturer Dilawar Khan was killed in Kharan in an attack linked to state-backed armed groups. Such incidents have intensified concerns over the safety of educators and the increasing risks faced by members of the academic community throughout Balochistan. PAANK urges the authorities and all concerned parties, to take immediate and transparent steps to ensure the safe recovery of the missing University of Gwadar officials and to disclose accurate information regarding their whereabouts. The authorities must also ensure the protection of academics, students, and public servants, while guaranteeing accountability for ongoing human rights violations in Balochistan. #EndEnforcedDisappearances

There are still no updates regarding whereabouts of Gwadar University’s vice chancellor and pro-vice chancellor, and hopes remain for their safe, swift recovery. Pakistan has witnessed similar incidents involving VCs in the past. Prof Ajmal Khan of Islamia College University and Dr Lutfullah Kakakhel of Kohat University in KP remained in Pakistani Taliban captivity for nearly 4 years and 8 months respectively.

So sad! Balochistan’s security keeps getting worse every day. We only hear the news when a high-profile person is kidnapped or killed, but the fact is that ordinary people are forcefully disappeared and killed in targeted attacks every day. dawn.com/news/2000200/g…

Saddened to hear, No on is safe in #balochistan #Balochlivesmatter

گوادر یونیورسٹی کے وائس چانسلر اور پرو وائس چانسلر کو کوئٹہ جاتے ہوئے اغوا کر لیا گیا۔ بلوچستان میں کوئی محفوظ نہیں۔ ایم پی اے گھروں تک نہیں جا سکتے، بیوروکریٹس سڑکوں پر سفر نہیں کر سکتے۔حکومتی رٹ کہیں نہیں۔ بلوچستان کو ایک بندر کے حوالے کر دیا گیا ہے جس نے پورے صوبے کو جلا ڈالا

A state that claims to believe in democracy should never be frightened by peaceful political participation. But in Pakistan, the reality is the opposite. Today, even attending a peaceful public gathering as a supporter of Baloch rights is being treated as a crime. The recent conditions attached to Aurat March Karachi clearly expose the mindset of the authorities. The issue is no longer about maintaining law and order; it is about controlling narratives and isolating every voice that speaks about Balochistan. The state wants platforms, protests, and public spaces to exist only under silence and obedience. The constitutional rights to freedom of speech and peaceful protest in Pakistan are increasingly being reduced to mere words on paper. Instead of protecting these rights, the state has imposed restrictive conditions that make organizing protests difficult and, in many cases, impossible. This not only undermines fundamental freedoms but also reflects a broader pattern of controlling and silencing human rights voices. When individuals or groups fail to comply with these restrictive conditions, they are often subjected to arrests, harassment, surveillance, and intimidation. For years, the Baloch people have been subjected to enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detentions, media censorship, and collective punishment. Families searching for their loved ones are harassed instead of being heard. Women demanding justice are threatened instead of protected. Students, activists, writers, and political workers are constantly profiled as enemies simply for speaking about human rights. What is happening today against BYC is part of the same larger policy. Peaceful activism is deliberately being criminalized because the movement has exposed realities that the state wants hidden. From fabricated cases and forced press conferences to surveillance and intimidation, every tactic is being used to break the morale of activists and disconnect them from public spaces. The decision to label organizations such as the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) and Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) as proscribed is therefore deeply questionable. BYC is a peaceful political and human rights movement that has consistently raised its voice against enforced disappearances, human rights violations, and state repression in Balochistan through political and constitutional means. Yet, despite the absence of any transparent legal process proving BYC to be an anti-state organization, its leadership has faced imprisonment under fabricated FIRs, while activists and members have been subjected to enforced disappearances, harassment, and extrajudicial violence. No court of law has publicly established BYC as a violent or anti-state organization. Despite this, peaceful political activism and demands for justice are increasingly being treated as threats rather than democratic rights. The attempts to ban, isolate, and criminalize Organization like BYC reflect a broader fear of organized political consciousness, public mobilization, and collective resistance among oppressed nations. The state continues to fail in understanding one thing: movements built on the pain, memory, and resistance of people cannot be erased through notifications, restrictions, bans, or threats. Every attempt to suppress peaceful voices only strengthens public awareness about the injustices taking place in Balochistan and other marginalized regions. The fear shown towards BYC today is itself an acknowledgment that the movement has become impossible to ignore. A peaceful movement demanding dignity, justice, constitutional rights, and an end to enforced disappearances should not threaten any democratic state. The fact that it does reveals the depth of the crisis itself. These actions are ultimately attempts to silence political awareness, suppress dissent, and weaken the collective voice of oppressed nations. However

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Congratulations to the UAE's Dr. Bushra Al Blooshi on being selected as the Middle East’s sole representative in the Critical Digital Risks initiative. The global programme, led by the International Telecommunication Union and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, aims to protect communities digitally and safeguard vital cross-border systems. Her selection reflects Emiratis’ growing role in shaping a secure digital future and strengthening global safety and stability.

We call on the Pakistani authorities to ban military trials of civilians and overturn all unlawful civilian convictions by these courts. amnestyusa.org/press-releases…

On 9 May, the EU Institutions will be open to the public. 🇪🇺 This year’s #EuropeDay emphasises European independence and the protection of democracy. It also marks four decades of celebrating Europe Day and public use of the EU flag. Plan your visit: europe-day.europa.eu/index_en

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We Thank the UN Committee Against Torture for Highlighting Ongoing Rights Violations The UN Committee against Torture (CAT) raises concerns about the detention of Dr. Mahrang Baloch, along with former Prime Minister Imran Khan, Bushra Bibi, Idris Khattak, and Ali Wazir. The Committee also expressed concern over the denial of medical care to detained rights activists and political figures. The UN Committee against Torture (CAT) on May 1st issued its findings on Pakistan after reviewing the States Parties in its latest session. The Committee’s findings confirmed what we have long said: arbitrary detention, reprisals, and abuse against dissenting voices must end. The Committee further highlighted reports of torture, enforced disappearances, and retaliation against human rights defenders, journalists, and critics of the government. We join CAT in calling on the Government of Pakistan to end these violations, review the cases of all those detained or imprisoned on political grounds or in retaliation for their work, ensure access to adequate medical care in detention, and guarantee fair trials. ungeneva.org/en/news-media/…