𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗵 𝗬𝗮𝗸𝗷𝗲𝗵𝘁𝗶 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 – 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟬𝟭 𝗗𝗿. 𝗦𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗵𝗮 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗵 (𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟮) 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 & 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 ⦿ On 19 March 2025, BYC held a press conference at the Quetta Press Club exposing the illegal harassment of its leaders and members by Pakistani armed forces. Just days earlier, on 12 March, Gulzadi, a BYC member, was enforcedly disappeared from her room near Barwary Road. While in illegal custody, she was pressured to quit BYC and forced to join parliamentary politics under the Pakistani state. She was further coerced to issue a false statement against Dr. Mahrang Baloch—branding her and the BYC as “Indian proxies” or “foreign-funded.” Gulzadi refused. She rejected every fabricated demand while under interrogation by intelligence and military agencies. In Naal and Kalat, other BYC members were also harassed and threatened by law enforcement officials. Following these events, the BYC leadership stood with its members at the Quetta Press Club to publicly expose the intimidation campaign. ⦿ On 17 March 2025, family members of Baloch missing persons gathered at Civil Hospital, Quetta after the ISPR (military media wing) claimed responsibility for killing 33 Baloch armed fighters. However, the Baloch armed group acknowledged only thirteen bodies. In response, the families reached the hospital and demanded identification of the bodies — but the authorities refused. Later, thirteen bodies were reportedly buried in Kasi Graveyard, raising fears among the families that they were in fact their loved ones—victims of enforced disappearance and fake encounters. ⦿ Since this pattern is not new. In Turbat, for instance, Balach Mola Bakhsh, who had been in CTD custody and was on trial, was later killed and falsely declared a militant by state forces. The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) firmly states: The bodies were buried without DNA testing, without notifying the families, and without verifying their identities. And BYC only demand was that the bodies be properly identified—families have the right to know. As in previous cases, these were likely victims of enforced disappearance, —not battlefield deaths. 𝙏𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘽𝙔𝘾: 𝘼 𝙉𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙒𝙖𝙧 ⦿ Following the Jaffer Express attack, the Pakistani state exploited the incident to garner international sympathy. It is now attempting to link BYC to armed militant groups—despite having no evidence. The footage from Civil Hospital, still in the hands of the hospital administration, shows clearly that no BYC members were present. Those in the hospital were relatives of missing persons, not activists. 𝘽𝙔𝘾 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙢𝙨: “We are a peaceful and non-violent organisation. We reject all state-sponsored attempts to criminalise our movement.” #stopbalochgenocide #releasebycleaders